Sorgemusik över Gustav III

Album by Joseph Martin Kraus & Hillevi Martinpelto & Christina Högman & Claes‐Håkan Ahnsjö & Thomas Lander & Uppsala Akademiska Kammarkör & Drottningholms Barockensemble & Stefan Parkman

Sorgemusik över Gustav III is a mourning composition by Joseph Martin Kraus, composed in 1792. Written in the Classical style for choir and orchestra, it features sombre orchestration and formal structures typical of late 18th-century ceremonial music and is one of Kraus's late commemorative works responding to the monarch's assassination.

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  1. 1.
    Mortuary Music: I. Andante mesto
    8:51
  2. 2.
    Mortuary Music: II. Larghetto
    2:22
  3. 3.
    Mortuary Music: III. Choral
    1:00
  4. 4.
    Mortuary Music: IV. Adagio
    6:47
  5. 5.
    Funeral Music, Part 1: I. Introduzzione
    5:58
  6. 6.
    Funeral Music, Part 1: II. Coro
    1:30
  7. 7.
    Funeral Music, Part 1: III. Recitative, aria con coro
    3:49
  8. 8.
    Funeral Music, Part 1: IV. Aria
    3:23
  9. 9.
    Funeral Music, Part 1: V. Duo
    3:57
  10. 10.
    Funeral Music, Part 1: VI. Recitativo
    4:12
  11. 11.
    Funeral Music, Part 1: VII. Aria
    1:54
  12. 12.
    Funeral Music, Part 1: VIII. Coro
    3:08
  13. 13.
    Funeral Music, Part 2: IX. Introduzzione
    5:41
  14. 14.
    Funeral Music, Part 2: X. Quartetto con coro
    5:54
  15. 15.
    Funeral Music, Part 2: XI. Aria
    3:24
  16. 16.
    Funeral Music, Part 2: XII. Coro
    2:43

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