Aa.vv.:classics For Funeral

Tracklist

COMPACT DISC ONE
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
75:58

COMPACT DISC TWO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1 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
2 \'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)
3 Panis Angelicus (arr. Stokowski) 3:45
BBC Philharmonic/Matthias Bamert
CHAN 9349 Stokowski Encores

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
4 Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 10:49
Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 6681 Elegy: Music for Strings

George Frideric Handel
5 \'Dead March\' from Saul (arr. Stokowski) 5:17
BBC Philharmonic/Matthias Bamert
CHAN 9930 Stokowski\'s Symphonic Baroque

Johann Sebastian Bach
6 \'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)
7 Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten 6:15
Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 6681 Elegy: Music for Strings

Gabriel Faure
8 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)
9 \'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)
10 \'Death of Åse\' from Peer Gynt Suite 4:09
Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 10175 X Per Gynt Suites etc

Johann Sebastian Bach
11 \'Jesu, joy of man\'s desiring\' from Cantata 147 2:59
Michael Austin
CHAN 6518 Organ Classics

Edward Elgar
12 Sursum corda, Op. 11 7:09
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
CHAN 241-4 Edward Elgar

Ludwig van Beethoven
13 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
79:05