| Musica Sveciae | The assassination of Gustav III, Sweden's "theatre king", ended one of the most brilliant periods in the country's culture. And it was followed by a ceremony fully on a par with the tragic event itself: a kind of heroic opera about the Third of the Gustavs, staged in the royal burial church, Riddarholmskyrkan. Joseph Martin Kraus, the greatest of the Gustavian composers and royal Kapellmeister, conducted his Funeral Cantata. Strongly personal in its despair, wrath, and grief, this highly dramatic creation was the joint work of three of the age's leading minds, in music, poetry and décor. |
| Disc No: MSCD 416 | |
| Price: Sek. 132 | |
| Name: Funeral Music for Gustav III | |
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| Composer | Opus | Music | Key | Performer |
| Kraus, Joseph Martin | Funeral Music for Gustav III | Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble - Stefan Parkman Uppsala University Chamber Choir Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano Christina Högman, soprano Nils-Erik Sparf & Per Sandklef, violin |