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HM Queen Elizabeth II: The Commemorative Album is the WFMT: Featured New Release

Posted: December 12, 2022 12:00 AM | By: Admin
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Decca Records is privileged to announce the release of a brand new album to commemorate in music the life, times and passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

The poignant collection, meticulously curated, features music from key moments of the Queen’s life and reign: her wedding, coronation, and jubilees; hymns and anthems heard at 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 songs and melodies beloved by each country of the Union.

Also included is music heard during the Funeral and Committal Services of HM Queen Elizabeth II, which took place in London on 19th 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.

Two world premiere recordings feature. Firstly, a moving new arrangement of ‘Nimrod’ from Edward Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’, set to the words ‘Pie Jesu’ by British composer and arranger, Iain Farrington, and secondly, the first recording of Sir James Macmillan’s ‘Who Shall Separate Us?’ for eight-part choir, commissioned for the state funeral of Her Majesty, and performed here by VOCES8.

Artists include Sir Bryn Terfel, the Band of the Coldstream Guards, the Central Band of the RAF, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, the Band of His Majesty’s Royal Marines, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Choir of King’s College Cambridge, the Choir of Royal Holloway, The Sixteen, Plymouth Military Wives Choir, Simon Preston, Dame Vera Lynn and rising young British tenor, Freddie De Tommaso.

The striking cover art is based on the portrait of HM The Queen, painted in 1992 by the British artist, Richard Stone. Unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery that year, this portrait is Stone’s most famous work. Commissioned by the burghers of Colchester, the eight foot by five foot canvas hangs today in the town’s Moot Hall and represents three years’ work and some seven sittings with Her Majesty The Queen. It is the perfect image to accompany music that will always vividly evoke fond memories of a uniquely beloved monarch.  Tracks include:

Various Artists The National Anthem (God Save The Queen) 02:40  
Various Artists "Pomp and Circumstance," Op. 39: March, No. 4 in G 04:55  
Various Artists Fanfare for the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth 01:48  
Various Artists Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven 02:35  
The Coldstream Guards Band The British Grenadiers 02:44  
Various Artists Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (Arr. Farrington as "Pie Jesu" for Chorus and Orchestra) 03:21  
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Scottish Medley 07:29  
The Sixteen Jerusalem 02:50  
Various Artists Crown Imperial: A Coronation March 05:57  
The Sixteen I Was Glad 05:37  
Various Artists Zadok the Priest, HWV 258 05:31  
Various Artists Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer 02:50  
Various Artists Land of Hope and Glory - Arr. from "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1 05:54 
Various Artists Danny Boy (Traditional) Irish tune from County Derry - arr.: Chris Hazell 04:35  
Debbie Wiseman, National Symphony Orchestra Elizabeth II 03:37  
Central Band Of The Royal Air Force R.A.F. March Past 02:01  
The Band of H.M. Royal Marines A Life On The Ocean Wave 01:03  
Various Artists I Vow to Thee, my Country 04:43  
Military Wives Sing 04:05  
Vera Lynn We'll Meet Again 03:02  
Various Artists The Burial Service 14:45  
Various Artists Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets of Our Hearts Z. 58 02:47  
Various Artists The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended 03:25  
Various Artists The Lord's My Shepherd 03:33  
The Sixteen My Soul There Is A Country 03:56  
Various Artists O Taste and See (1952) 01:30  
Wallingford Parish Church Choir Love Divine, All Loves Excelling 04:07  
Various Artists Who Shall Separate Us? 03:09  
Various Artists Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562 04:20  
Various Artists Psalm 121 - "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes" 02:44  
Various Artists Kontakion for the Dead (Kyiv Melody) 05:20  
Various Artists Bring us, O Lord God 04:12  
Various Artists Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation 03:59  
Various Artists (Praeludium) 05:24  
Various Artists Mitte Manum Tuam (From "The Strathclyde motets") 03:18  
Various Artists Psalm 96 - "O Sing Unto The Lord A New Song" 03:55  
Various Artists A Welsh Prayer 05:37  
Various Artists God Save The King (British National Anthem) 01:44 


For December 12, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II: The Commemorative Album is the WFMT: Chicago 'Featured New Release.' WFMT writes…..Decca Records has released an album to commemorate in music the life, times, and passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The poignant collection features music from key moments of the Queen’s life and reign: her wedding, coronation, and jubilees; hymns and anthems heard at 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 songs and melodies beloved by each country of the Union. Also included is music heard during the Funeral and Committal Services, as well as three pieces from the preceding Services of Reflection, held in Edinburgh, Belfast, and Cardiff.