Classics for Funerals
FREDERIC CHOPIN
(1810-1849)
1
Funeral March from Op. 35 (arr. Stokowski)
7:01
BBC Philharmonic/Matthias Bamert
CHAN 9349 Stokowski Encores
GIUSEPPE VERDI
(1813-1901)
2
Agnus Dei
from
Requiem
5:20
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Richard Hickox
CHAN 9490 Verdi Requiem
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
(1685-1750)
3
Komm süsser Tod
, BWV 478 (arr. Stokowski)
5:04
BBC Philharmonic/Matthias Bamert
CHAN 9259 Stokowski's Symphonic Bach
GABRIEL FAURE
4
Pie Jesu
from
Requiem
3:21
Libby Crabtree/James Rutherford/Jonathan Scott/City of Birmngham Chorus/BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 10113 Fauré Requiem etc.
EDWARD ELGAR
(1857-1934)
5
Nimrod
from
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
3:29
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Sir Alexander Gibson
CHAN 241-14 Edward Elgar
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
(1685-1759)
6
'I know that my redeemer liveth'
from
Messiah, HWV 56
5:58
Joan Rodgers/Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox
CHAN 0522/3 Handel Messiah
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
7
Largo
from
Concerto for two violins and strings, BWV 1043
6:53
Simon Standage/Micaela Comberti/Collegium Musicum 90
CHAN 0594 Bach Violin Concertos
GABRIEL FAURE
8
Pavanne, Op. 50
6:21
BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 9416 Fauré Orchestral Works
SERGE RACHMANINOFF
(1873-1943)
9
Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
4:26
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9261 Rachmaninov Transcriptions for Orchestra
HENRY PURCELL
(1659-1695)
10
'When I am laid in earth'
from
Dido and Aeneas
3:24
Emma Kirkby/Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
CHAN 0521 Purcell Dido and Aeneas
JULES MASSENET
(1842-1912)
11
'Meditation'
from
Thaïs
4:48
Yuri Torchinsky/BBC Philharmonic/Matthias Bamert
CHAN 9765 Tortelier's French Bon-Bons
MAURICE RAVEL
(1875-1937)
12
Pavane pour une infante défunte
6:23
Louis Lortie
CHAN 10142(2) X Ravel Complete Works for Solo Piano
PERCY GRAINGER
(1882-1961)
13
Irish Tune from County Derry
4:19
BBC Philharmonic/Matthias Bamert
BBCP 0016 Milestone
SAMUEL BARBER
(1910-1981)
14
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
8:24
Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 6681 Elegy: Music for Strings
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
(1756-1791)
15
Introitus
from
Requiem
5:17
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Philip Kenyon/English Chamber Orchestra/George Guest
CHAN 10208 X Mozart Requiem
JULES MASSENET
16
'Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge'
from
La Vierge
3:28
BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 9765 Tortelier's French Bonbons
CESAR FRANCK
(1822-1890)
17
Panis Angelicus (arr. Stokowski)
3:45
BBC Philharmonic/Matthias Bamert
CHAN 9349 Stokowski Encores
GUSTAV MAHLER
(1860-1911)
18
Adagietto
from
Symphony No. 5
10:49
Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 6681 Elegy: Music for Strings
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
19
'Dead March'
from
Saul (arr. Stokowski)
5:17
BBC Philharmonic/Matthias Bamert
CHAN 9930 Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
20
'Rhut wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine'
from
St John Passion
6:53
The Sixteen Choir and Orchestra/Harry Christophers
CHAN 0507/8 Bach St John Passion
ARVO PART
(b. 1935)
21
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
6:15
Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 6681 Elegy: Music for Strings
GABRIEL FAURE
22
Agnus Dei
from
Requiem, Op. 48
5:46
Jonathan Scott/City of Birmingham Chorus/BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 10113 Fauré Requiem etc
WILLIAM WALTON
(1902-1983)
23
'Touch her soft lips and part'
from
Henry V
1:34
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
CHAN 241-12 British Film Classics
EDVARD GRIEG
(1843-1907)
24
'Death of Åse'
from
Peer Gynt Suite
4:09
Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 10175 X Per Gynt Suites etc
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
25
'Jesu, joy of man's desiring'
from
Cantata 147
2:59
Michael Austin
CHAN 6518 Organ Classics
EDWARD ELGAR
26
Sursum corda, Op. 11
7:09
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
CHAN 241-4 Edward Elgar
LUDVIG VAN BEETHOVEN
27
II Marcia funebre
from
Symphony No. 3 Eroica, Op. 55
15:03
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Walter Weller
CHAN 7042 Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1-10