This Episode of The New Classical Order Podcast centers around the wonderfully uplifting subject of Death. Over the centuries there have been countless compositions of all genres and instrumentation that have centered around the “inevitable” subject. Rosebrook Classical’s David Weuste and Purdue University’s Dr. Jennifer Hund take a look at music on this subject from Mussorgsky through the twenty-first century.
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Music on this Podcast:
Track: Songs and Dances of Death – Serenade | |
Composer: Modest Mussorgsky | |
Artist: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone; Valery Gergiev, conductor; Kirov Orchestra | |
Album: Portrait | |
Label: Philips | |
Track: Requiem – Requiem Aeternam | |
Composer: Alfred Schnittke | |
Artist: Malena Ernamn, Susanne Carltrom, Annika Eliasson-Frick, Fredrik Bjorlin, Michael Engstrom, Swedish Radio Choir, Magnus Bengtsson | |
Album: Schittke: Requiem; Gorecki: Miserere | |
Label: Caprice | |
Track: Requiem – Requiem Aeternam | |
Composer: John Rutter | |
Artist: Dallas Women’s Chorus; Turtle Creek Chorale | |
Album: Rutter: Requiem, Five Anthems | |
Label: Reference Recordings | |
Track: Act II, Scene 2: Klinghoffer’s death | |
Composer: John Adams | |
Artist: John Adams; Kent Nagano | |
Album: The Death of Klinghoffer | |
Label: Nonesuch | |
Track: Death | |
Composer: Ricky Ian Gordon | |
Artist: Elizabeth Futral, soprano; Todd Palmer, clarinet; | |
Album: Orpheus & Euridice | |
Label: Sh-K-Boom Records | |
Track: Lacrimosa – Day of Tears | |
Composer: Zbigniew Preisner | |
Artist: Elzbieta Towarnicka, soprano; Sinfonia Varsovia, orchestra; | |
Album: Requiem for My Friend | |
Label: New Music B.V. |
Bonus Track to listen to that we ran out of time for:
Track: Symphony No. 5, Funeral March
Composer: Uri Caine/Gustav Mahler
Artist: Uri Caine Ensemble
Album: Mahler: Urlicht – Primal Light
Label: Winter & Winter
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