HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II, 1926-2022: The Commemorative Album 2CD

This brand new double album commemorates in music the life, times and passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

Disc One features music from key moments of the Queen’s life and reign: her wedding, coronation, and jubilees; hymns and anthems heard at annual national events, such as Remembrance Sunday and the Last Night of the Proms; melodies reflecting the close tie between the monarchy and the armed services; and finally, songs and tunes beloved by each country of the Union.

Disc Two features music heard during the Funeral and Committal Services of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022, as well as three pieces from the preceding Services of Reflection, held in Edinburgh, Belfast and Cardiff. Music for royal occasions, celebratory as well as sombre, reflect at its heart a life of dedication and service.

Featuring performances from a range of artists include King’s College Choir, Freddie De Tommaso, Sir Bryn Terfel, the BBC Concert Orchestra, Vera Lynn, The Military Wives Choir, the London Symphony Orchestra, The Sixteen, the Band of the Coldstream Guards, the Band of the Royal Marines, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and many more.

Two world premiere recordings are featured – a new setting of the ‘Pie Jesu’, to the melody of ‘Nimord’, from Elgar’s Enigma Variations, and ‘Who Shall Separate Us?’, a new anthem composed especially for the funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth.

CD1 - LIFE AND TIMES
1    The National Anthem (God Save The Queen, arr. Britten)     
2    Elgar: “Pomp and Circumstance,” March, Op 39 No 4     
3    Bax: Fanfare for the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth     
4    Goss: Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven     
5    Traditional: The British Grenadiers     
6    Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations     
7    (arr. Farrington as “Pie Jesu” for Chorus and Orchestra)     
8    Scottish Medley     
9    Parry: Jerusalem     
10    Walton: Crown Imperial: A Coronation March     
11    Parry: I Was Glad     
12    Handel: Zadok the Priest     
13    Williams: Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer     
14    Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory     
15    (arr. from “Pomp and Circumstance” March No. 1)     
16    Danny Boy (Traditional)     
17    Irish tune from County Derry - arr. Chris Hazell     
18    Wiseman: Elizabeth II     
19    Walford Davies: R.A.F. March Past     
20    Russell: A Life On The Ocean Wave     
21    Holst: I Vow to Thee, my Country     
22    Sing – Plymouth Military Wives     
23    We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn     

CD2 FUNERAL, COMMITTAL AND
1    REFLECTION SERVICES     
2    Croft: The Burial Service     
3    Purcell: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets Of Our Hearts     
4    The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended     
5    The Lord’s My Shepherd     
6    Parry: My Soul, There Is A Country     
7    Vaughan Williams: O Taste and See     
8    Love Divine, All Loves Excelling     
9    MacMillan: Who Shall Separate Us?     
10    J.S. Bach: Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562     
11    Walford Davies: Psalm 121     
12    - “I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes”     
13    Kontakion for the Dead (Kyiv Melody)     
14    Harris: Bring us, O Lord God     
15    Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation     
16    J.S. Bach: Praeludium     
17    (Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546)     
18    MacMillan: Mitte Manum Tuam     
19    Stanford: Psalm 96     
20    - “O Sing Unto The Lord A New Song”     
21    Mealor: A Welsh Prayer     
22    God Save The King