Bear Essentials - Classics for Funerals

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Album Summary

Performers

• Libby Crabtree (Soprano)
• Joan Rodgers (Soprano)
• Simon Standage (Violin)
• Micaela Comberti (Violin)
• Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
• Yuri Torchinsky (Violin)
• Louis Lortie (Piano)
• Philip Kenyon (Organ)
• Jonathan Scott (Organ)
• Michael Austin (Organ)

Conductors

• Bamert, Matthias
• Christophers, Harry
• Gibson, Alexander, Sir
• Guest, George
• Handley, Vernon
• Hickox, Richard
• Hurst, George
• Järvi, Neeme
• Parrott, Andrew
• Standage, Simon
• Tortelier, Yan Pascal
• Weller, Walter

Ensembles

• BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Bournemouth Sinfonietta
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• Collegium Musicum 90
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• London Symphony Chorus
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• St. John's College Choir, Cambridge
• Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
• The Sixteen Choir
• Ulster Orchestra

Composers

• Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Arvo Pärt (1935 - )
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• William Walton (Composer) (1902 - 1983)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)

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Works Details

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March" :: Funeral March

• Conductor: Matthias Bamert
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1837

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Agnus Dei

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus
• Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478

• Conductor: Matthias Bamert
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1736

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: Pie Jesu

• Performer: Libby Crabtree (Soprano)
• Conductor: Yan Tortelier
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900

Elgar, Edward : Enigma Variations :: Nimrod

• Conductor: Alexander Gibson
• Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898-1899

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: I know that my redeemer liveth

• Performer: Joan Rodgers (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

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

• Performers: Simon Standage (Violin); Micaela Comberti (Violin)
• Conductor: Simon Standage
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Running Time: 6 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730-1731

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Pavane, Op. 50

• Conductor: Yan Tortelier
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1887

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (14), Op. 34

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 :: When I am laid in earth

• Performer: Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1689

Massenet, Jules : Thaïs :: Méditation

• Performer: Yuri Torchinsky (Violin)
• Conductor: Yan Tortelier
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Ravel, Maurice : Pavane pour une infante défunte

• Performer: Louis Lortie (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1899

Grainger, Percy : Irish Tune from County Derry (Londonderry Air), folk song for string orchestra with 2 horns ad lib.

• Conductor: Matthias Bamert
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1913.
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1913

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 :: Introitus

• Performer: Philip Kenyon (Organ)
• Conductor: George Guest
• Ensemble: St. John's College Choir, Cambridge
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Massenet, Jules : La Vierge :: Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge

• Conductor: Yan Tortelier
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Panis angelicus

• Conductor: Matthias Bamert
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1872

Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Running Time: 10 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1901-1902

Handel, George Frideric : Saul :: Dead March

• Conductor: Matthias Bamert
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1738.
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1738

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Saint John Passion, BWV 245 :: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir
• Running Time: 6 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 04/07/1724

Arvo Pärt (1935 - ) : Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1977-1980

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: Agnus Dei

• Performer: Jonathan Scott (Organ)
• Conductor: Yan Tortelier
• Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900

Walton, William : Henry V :: Touch her soft lips and part

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1943-1944

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Death of Åse

• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) :: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

• Performer: Michael Austin (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Elgar, Edward : Sursum Corda, elévation for brass, organ, strings & 2 timpani in B flat major, Op. 11

• Conductor: George Hurst
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
• Running Time: 7 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1894

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" :: Marcia funebre

• Conductor: Walter Weller
• Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 15 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1803