In Memory of…: Classics for Funerals

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1Marche funèbre
orchestra:
BBC Philharmonic
conductor:
Matthias Bamert (composer and conductor)
recording of:
Marche funèbre
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer)
orchestration of:
Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B‐flat minor, op. 35: III. Marche funèbre. Lento
Fryderyk Chopin / Leopold Stokowski7:06
2Messa da Requiem: V. Agnus Dei
choir vocals:
London Symphony Chorus
solo mezzo-soprano vocals:
Markella Hatziano
solo soprano vocals:
Michèle Crider (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1995-07-10 until 1995-07-15)
conductor:
Richard Hickox (conductor) (from 1995-07-10 until 1995-07-15)
recorded at:
All Saints Church (Tooting, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1995-07-10 until 1995-07-15)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: V. Agnus Dei (soprano, mezzo-soprano, coro) (from 1995-07-10 until 1995-07-15)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem (Manzoni requiem)
Giuseppe Verdi5:23
3Komm süsser Tod, BWV 478
sound engineer:
Don Hartridge
producer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
editor:
Peter Newble (producer and engineer)
orchestra:
BBC Philharmonic (from 1993-09-15 until 1993-09-16)
conductor:
Matthias Bamert (composer and conductor) (from 1993-09-15 until 1993-09-16)
recorded at:
New Broadcasting House (Manchester) in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (from 1993-09-15 until 1993-09-16)
recording of:
Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478 (orch. Stokowski) (from 1993-09-15 until 1993-09-16)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
orchestration of:
Geistliches Lied, BWV 478 "Komm, süßer Tod"
Johann Sebastian Bach / Leopold Stokowski15:07
4Requiem, op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu
bass vocals:
James Rutherford (bass baritone) (from 2003-02-15 until 2003-02-16)
choir vocals:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus (from 2003-02-15 until 2003-02-16)
soprano vocals:
Libby Crabtree (from 2003-02-15 until 2003-02-16)
orchestra:
BBC Philharmonic (from 2003-02-15 until 2003-02-16)
conductor:
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor and violinist) (from 2003-02-15 until 2003-02-16)
chorus master:
Simon Halsey (conductor) (from 2003-02-15 until 2003-02-16)
recording of:
Requiem, op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu (1890, second version)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (from 1886 until 1900)
included in:
CHAPTER IV PIE JESU (REST)
part of:
Requiem, op. 48 (1890, second version)
Gabriel Fauré3:24
5Variations on an Original Theme "Enigma", op. 36: (Nimrod) Adagio
sound engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer) (from 1978-09-03 until 1978-09-04)
orchestra:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (from 1978-09-03 until 1978-09-04)
conductor:
Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor) (from 1978-09-03 until 1978-09-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chandos Records Ltd. (not for release label use) (in 1979)
recorded at:
City Halls (Glasgow) in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (from 1978-09-03 until 1978-09-04)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio) (in 1978)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Augustus J. Jaeger
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar3:31
6Messiah: Part III: 45. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
orchestra:
Collegium Musicum 90 (from 1991-01-11 until 1991-01-17)
conductor:
Richard Hickox (conductor) (from 1991-01-11 until 1991-01-17)
recorded at:
St Jude‐on‐the‐Hill in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991-01-11 until 1991-01-17)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. Air “I know that my Redeemer liveth” (Soprano) (from 1991-01-11 until 1991-01-17)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III
George Frideric Handel6:02
7Concerto for two violins and strings, BWV 1043: Largo ma non tanto
violin:
Micaela Comberti (English violinist) and Simon Standage (English violinist and conductor)
orchestra:
Collegium Musicum 90
recorded at:
St Jude‐on‐the‐Hill in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto (from 1995-05-23 until 1995-05-25)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1730 until 1731)
part of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Johann Sebastian Bach6:57
8Pavane, op. 50
orchestra:
BBC Philharmonic
conductor:
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50 (for orchestra and (optional) chorus)
lyricist:
Robert de Montesquiou
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (in 1887)
arrangement of:
Pavane, op. 50 (for piano and chorus)
Gabriel Fauré6:25
9Vocalise, op. 34, No. 14
sound engineer:
Dan Dene and Robert Shafer (engineer)
associate producer:
Leslie B. Dunner
producer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer) and Charles Greenwell
editor:
Andrew Lang (engineer)
orchestra:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 1993-10-10 until 1993-10-11)
conductor:
Neeme Järvi (Estonian conductor) (from 1993-10-10 until 1993-10-11)
recorded at:
Max M. Fisher Music Center: Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1993-10-10 until 1993-10-11)
recording of:
Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (arr. by composer for orchestra) (from 1993-10-10 until 1993-10-11)
orchestrator:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1919)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1912)
orchestration of:
14 Romances, op. 34 no. 14: Vocalise (Vocalise, for voice and piano, original version)
Сергей Рахманинов4:29
10Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament
soprano vocals:
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
orchestra:
Taverner Players
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
Henry Purcell3:27
11Thaïs: Meditation
violin:
Yuri Torchinsky (violinist, concertmaster)
orchestra:
BBC Philharmonic
conductor:
Matthias Bamert (composer and conductor)
recording of:
Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation” (original; for solo violin and orchestra)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer) (in 1894)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 14)
part of:
Thaïs: Acte II
Jules Massenet4:52
12Pavane pour une infante défunte
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Janet Middlebrook
producer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
editor:
Janet Middlebrook
piano:
Louis Lortie (pianist) (from 1988-02-18 until 1988-02-20)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (from 1988-02-18 until 1988-02-20)
recording of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (original version for solo piano) (from 1988-02-18 until 1988-02-20)
premiered in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1902-04-05)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1899)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 13), Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 19) and Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 59)
Maurice Ravel6:26
13Irish Tune From County Derry
choir vocals:
The Joyful Company of Singers
conductor:
Matthias Bamert (composer and conductor)
recording of:
Irish Tune from County Derry
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
version of:
Londonderry Air
Percy Grainger4:22
14Adagio for Strings, op. 11
orchestra:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (on 1989-08-14)
conductor:
Neeme Järvi (Estonian conductor) (on 1989-08-14)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings (on 1989-08-14)
orchestrator:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1936)
premiered by:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1938-11-05) and Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (on 1938-11-05)
premiered at:
[radio broadcast] (1938-11-05)
publisher:
Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and G. Schirmer Inc.
arrangement of:
String Quartet, op. 11: II. Molto adagio
Samuel Barber8:26
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