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In Memory of…: Classics for Funerals

Matthias Bamert · Yan Pascal Tortelier · Neeme Järvi · Richard Hickox · Simon Halsey · Alexander Gibson · Andrew Parrott · George Guest · George Hurst · Micaela Comberti

Chandos2005Cat. CHAN 241-182h 13m23 tracks
MusicBrainz

Composers

Gabriel Fauré3Edward Elgar2Johann Sebastian Bach2Jules Massenet2César Franck1Edvard Grieg1Frédéric Chopin1George Frideric Handel1Giuseppe Verdi1Gustav Mahler1Henry Purcell1Ludwig van Beethoven1Percy Grainger1Samuel Barber1Sergei Rachmaninoff1William Walton1Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Marche funèbre

Frédéric Chopin - Marche funèbre

Matthias Bamert, BBC Philharmonic

7:04
02

Messa da Requiem: V. Agnus Dei

Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da requiem

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

5:22
03

Komm süsser Tod, BWV 478

Johann Sebastian Bach - Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478

Matthias Bamert, BBC Philharmonic

5:07
04

Requiem, op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

Simon Halsey, Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

3:23
05

Variations on an Original Theme "Enigma", op. 36: (Nimrod) Adagio

Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36

Alexander Gibson, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

3:24
06

Messiah: Part III: 45. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano)

Richard Hickox

5:56
07

Concerto for two violins and strings, BWV 1043: Largo ma non tanto

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Micaela Comberti, Simon Standage

6:52
08

Pavane, op. 50

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50

Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

6:24
09

Vocalise, op. 34, No. 14

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14

Neeme Järvi, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

4:29
10

Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)

Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players

3:23
11

Thaïs: Meditation

Jules Massenet - Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation”

Matthias Bamert, BBC Philharmonic

4:52
13

Irish Tune From County Derry

Percy Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry

Matthias Bamert

4:22
14

Adagio for Strings, op. 11

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Neeme Järvi, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

8:19

Disc 2

01

Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (Süßmayr completion): I. Introitus: "Requiem aeternam"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626

George Guest, English Chamber Orchestra

5:14
02

La Vierge : Le Dernier Sommeil de la Vierge

Jules Massenet - La Vierge: Scene 4. The Assumption: Dernier sommeil de la Vierge

Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

3:31
03

Panis angelicus

César Franck - Panis Angelicus

Matthias Bamert, BBC Philharmonic

3:48
04

Adagietto from Symphony no. 5

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Neeme Järvi, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

10:51
07

Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36

Alexander Gibson, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

3:24
08

Requiem, op. 48: V. Agnus Dei

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

Simon Halsey, Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

5:45
09

Henry V. "Touch Her Soft Lips and Part"

William Walton - Suite from Henry V

Richard Hickox, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

1:37
10

Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: II. Death of Åse

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46

Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra

4:10
12

Sursum corda, op. 11

Edward Elgar - Sursum corda, op. 11

George Hurst

7:07
13

Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55: II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”

Walter Weller, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

14:58