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EUGENE ORMANDY

THE COLUMBIA STEREO RECORDINGS 1958-1963 en 88 CD

Tras el éxito de las recientes colecciones de Ormandy para Sony Classical (discografías en formato monoaural con las orquestas Sinfónica de Minneapolis y de Filadelfia), el sello presenta ahora las grabaciones en estéreo del director de Filadelfia, con todas las grabaciones publicadas entre 1958 y 1963 (más algunas de años posteriores). Disponible el 17 de noviembre.

Eugene Ormandy sustituyó a Leopold Stokowski en la dirección musical de Filadelfia en 1938 y ocupó el cargo durante 42 años. Durante ese tiempo, su nombre y el de la orquesta se hicieron inseparables, ya que cultivó y desarrolló aún más el voluptuoso sonido que se originó con su predecesor. "Cualquier director refleja claramente el instrumento que toca", dijo en una ocasión Ormandy (1899-1985), nacido en Budapest. "Mi sonido es el que es porque fui violinista". Como dijo un cronista: "Cada pieza que tocaba Ormandy se caracterizaba por un tono de cuerda maduro en torno al cual podía brillar el resto de la orquesta".

Ormandy y sus músicos se cuentan entre los artistas más prolíficos de todos los tiempos. Entre 1944 y 1968 (precedidos y seguidos por contratos con RCA Victor), estuvieron asociados exclusivamente con Columbia Masterworks. Ormandy era un entusiasta de las grabaciones, trabajaba con rapidez y se acomodaba fácilmente a la planificación de la empresa para producir superventas.

La nueva caja estéreo Ormandy/Philadelphia de Sony Classical está repleta de obras conocidas y desconocidas de prácticamente todos los compositores famosos (y de muchas figuras olvidadas), que abarcan siglos y cubren la línea estilística que va desde Bach (tanto los hijos como el padre) hasta Beethoven, Berlioz, Borodin, Bartók y otros. Sería imposible enumerarlos a todos.

La nueva colección incluye numerosos estrenos en CD. Entre ellos: Lagrabación completa de 1958 de Ormandy de Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien de Debussy con la soprano Hilde Gueden y Vera Zorina como narradora; la Misa en si menor de Bach y el Réquiem de Brahms de 1962; así como sinfonías de Haydn y otras obras de Borodin, Glinka, Wagner, Poulenc, Casella y compositores americanos como Yardumian, Barati, Rochberg y Dello Joio.

En 1963, Ormandy y the Philadelphians realizaron la primera grabación estadounidense de la Cuarta Sinfonía de Shostakovich. Al analizar recientemente la discografía estéreo de Ormandy en Columbia, el crítico de ClassicsToday alabó su "voluptuosa" Scheherazade, su "extraordinaria Fantasía de Vaughan Williams sobre 'Greensleeves', sus transcripciones de Bach ("Maravillosamente realizadas, ponen de relieve las dotes de Ormandy como arreglista de Bach post-Stokowski, una parte importante de su legado") y su especial afinidad por la música rusa, incluyendo "su gloriosa Quinta Sinfonía y Serenata para cuerdas de Chaikovski, su magnífica Segunda de Rachmaninov, y su clásico Concierto para violonchelo de Shostakovich con Rostropovich unido a una excelente Primera Sinfonía". El propio compositor asistió a estas sesiones y quedó deslumbrado tanto por el director como por la orquesta. Son grabaciones imprescindibles. Ormandy también fue conocido en vida como el mejor acompañante de conciertos, y esta combinación de los conciertos para violín de Chaikovski y Mendelssohn muestra su cordial colaboración con Isaac Stern al más alto nivel".

Otros oyentes y cronistas no dudarán en añadir sus propios favoritos a esa breve selección de grabaciones imprescindibles de Ormandy. De hecho, para los numerosos entusiastas y coleccionistas del director de orquesta, la nueva y completa caja de Sony Classical -todos los temas presentados en remasterizaciones nuevas o en las mejores disponibles- es digna de elogio.

SET CONTENTS

DISC 1:

Respighi: Pini di Roma: Symphonic Poem

Respighi: Fontane di Roma: Symphonic Poem

Respighi: Feste Romane: Symphonic Poem

DISC 2:

Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite

DISC 3:

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100

DISC 4:

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16

Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

DISC 5:

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43

Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105

DISC 6:

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 359: No. 1 in F Minor

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 359: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

Enescu: 2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op. 11: No. 1 in A Major

Enescu: 2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op. 11: No. 2 in D Major

Liszt (arr. Herbert): Liebesträume No. 3 'O Lieb, so lang', S541, No. 3 (Rêve d'amour)

DISC 7:

Dello Jojo: Air Power Suite

Dello Jojo: War Scenes

DISC 8:

Bizet: Carmen Suite

DISC 9:

Mozart, W.A.: Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, K. 297 B

Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Bassoon, Violin, Cello & Orchestra in B-Flat Major, Hob. I: 105

Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-flat Major, Hob. VIIe: 1

DISC 10:

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, A Musical Tale for Children, Op. 67

Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op. 34

DISC 11:

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64

DISC 12:

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

DISC 13:

Robertson: The Lord's Prayer

Robertson: Come, Come Ye Saints

Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45: I. Blessed Are They That Mourn

McGranahan (arr. Gates): O, My Father

McIntyre: How Great the Wisdom and the Love

Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass, CG 56: Holy, Holy, Holy

Holst: 148th Psalm

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56: For Unto Us A Child Is Born

Billings (arr. Siegmeister): David's Lamentation

Anonymous (arr. Baldwin): Londonderry Air

Howe (arr. Wilhousky): Battle Hymn of the Republic

Schubert (arr. Riegger): Ave Maria, D. 839

Gounod: The Redemption - Unfold, Ye Portals

Mozart, W.A.: Requiem aeternam "Give unto the meek" - Kyrie eleison "Show Thy mercy"

Robertson: Oratorio from the Book of Mormon: "Old Things Are Done Away"

Malotte: The Lord's Prayer

DISC 14:

Franck: Variations symphoniques, FWV 46

d'Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français, Op. 25

DISC 15:

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 120, R. 456

DISC 16:

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49, TH 49

Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (From "Prince Igor")

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain

Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite: Galop

Khachaturian: Gayane Ballet Suite: Dance of the Young Maidens

Shostakovich: Polka from "The Age of Gold"

Rimsky-Korsakov: Polonaise from Christmas Eve Suite

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

Kabalevsky: Comedian's Galop (From "The Comedians")

Mussorgsky: Sorochinsty Fair: Gopak

Khachaturian: Sabre Dance from "Gayne Ballet Suite"

DISC 17:

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, M. 57b

Debussy: La mer, L. 109

DISC 18:

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21

DISC 19:

Mozart, W.A.: Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (2013 Remastered Version)

Bach, J.S.: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air on the G String (2013 Remastered Version)

Corelli: Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" (2013 Remastered Version)

Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: III. Scherzo (2013 Remastered Version)

DISC 20/21:

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56

DISC 22:

Rimsky-Korsakov: Le coq d'or Suite

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival, Op. 36

Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture

Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31, TH 45

Balakirev (orch. Casella): Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)

DISC 23:

Handel (arr. Hamilton Harty): Royal Fireworks Suite

Corelli (arr. Pinelli): Suite for Strings

Handel (arr. Harty): Water Music Suite

DISC 24:

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, TH 29

DISC 25:

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27

DISC 26:

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10

DISC 27:

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25, MWV O 7

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 40, MWV O 11

DISC 28:

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22

DISC 29:

Debussy: The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, L. 124

DISC 30:

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4 in C Major, Op. 112

DISC 31:

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83

DISC 32:

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, TH 30 "Pathétique"

DISC 33:

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela

DISC 34:

Orff: Carmina Burana

DISC 35:

Ravel: Boléro, M. 81

Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68a

Ravel: Miroirs, M. 43: No. 4, Alborada del gracioso (Version for Orchestra)

Chabrier: España

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte

Debussy (arr. orch.): Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Arr. for Orchestra)

Ravel: La Valse

DISC 36:

Vincent: Symphonic Poem After Descartes

Vincent: Symphony in D (A Festival Piece In One Movement)

DISC 37:

Bach, J.S. (arr. Ormandy): Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

Bach, J.C.: Sinfonia for Double Orchestra in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, No. 1

Bach, J.S. (arr. Ormandy): Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564

Bach, J.S. (arr. Ormandy): Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582

DISC 38:

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269 "Spring"

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315 "Summer"

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, RV 293, "Autumn"

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297 "Winter"

DISC 39:

Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Suite No. 1, Op. 46

Sibelius: 2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op. 44: No. 1, Valse triste

Alfén: Midsommarvaka, Op. 19 "Swedish Rhapsody No. 1"

Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26

Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9

DISC 40:

Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Lalo: Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21

DISC 41:

Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, RV 514

Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in C Minor, RV 509

Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in G Minor, RV 517

Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Major, RV 512

DISC 42:

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Casella: Paganiniana Op. 65

DISC 43:

Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48

Borodin (arr. Sargent): Nocturne for String Orchestra

Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Vaughan-Williams (arr. Greaves): Fantasia on Greensleeves from Sir John In Love

Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34

Schubert (arr. Harris): Serenade, D. 957, No. 4

MacDowell (arr. Frost): 10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1, To a Wild Rose (Arr. T. Frost for Orchestra)

Massenet: Meditation from "Thaïs"

DISC 44:

Strauss, Johann II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410

Strauss, Johann II: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437

Strauss, Johann II: Wiener Blut, Op. 354

Strauss, Johann II: An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314

Strauss, Johann II: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325

DISC 45:

Yardumian: Passacaglia, Recitative and Fugue for Piano and Orchestra

Yardumian: Choral Prelude

Yardumian: Cantus animae et cordis

Yardumian: Symphony No. 2 "Psalms": I Psalm 130

DISC 46:

Reger: Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op. 114

DISC 47:

Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

Liszt: 2 Episoden aus Lenau's Faust, S. 110: No. 2, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke "Mephisto Waltz"

Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre, Op. 40

Brahms (orch. Dvorák): 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1

Glière: The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance

Weber: Euryanthe, Op. 81, J. 291: Overture

Weinberger: Svanda dudák (Schwanda the Bagpiper): Polka & Fugue

DISC 48:

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48

Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Bacchanale

Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier

DISC 49:

R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, TrV 190

DISC 50:

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11

Liszt: Totentanz, S. 126 "Danse macabre"

DISC 51:

Walton: Belshazzar's Feast

Roussel: Baccus et Ariane, Suito No. 2

DISC 52:

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M. 82

Mozart, W.A.: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra No. 10 in E-Flat Major K 365/316a (2019 Remastered Version)

DISC 53:

Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz. 36

Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22 in A Minor

DISC 54:

Mozart, W.A.: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482

Mozart, W.A.: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 282 (Philippe Entremont, piano)

DISC 55:

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, TH 13

DISC 56:

Franck: Symphony in D Minor, FWV 48

DISC 57:

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59

DISC 58:

Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D Minor, Op. 15

DISC 59:

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, TH 12 (Excerpts)

DISC 60:

Strauss, R.: Don Juan, Op. 20

Strauss, R.: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24

DISC 61:

Bach, J.C.: Sinfonia for Double Orchestra in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3

Bach, W.F.: Sinfonia for 2 Flutes and Strings in D Minor, F. 65

H. Casadesus: Concerto for Orchestra in D Major

DISC 62:

Tchaikovsky (ed. Bogatyrev): Symphony No. 7 in E-Flat Major

DISC 63:

Strauss, Josef: Fire-Bell Polka (Feuerfest)

Strauss, Johann II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214

Strauss, Johann II: Roses from the South (Rosen aus dem Süden), Op. 388

Strauss, Johann II: Hunting Polka (Auf der Jagd, Polka schnell), Op. 373

Strauss, Johann II: New Pizzicato Polka (Neue Pizzicato Polka), Op. 449

Strauss, Johann II: Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324

Strauss, Johann II: Explosions Polka, Op. 43

Strauss, Johann II: Wine, Women and Song (Wein, Weib und Gesang), Op. 333

Strauss, Johann II: Annen Polka, Op. 117

Strauss, Johann II: Thousand And One Nights (Tausend und eine Nacht), Op. 346

Strauss, Johann II: Young-in-Heart Polka (Leichtes Blut Polka)

DISC 64:

Rimsky-Korsakov : Scheherazade, Op. 35

DISC 65:

Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Davies: O Little Town of Bethlehem

Mason: Joy to the World

Adam: O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)

Traditional: O Come, O Come, Emanuel

Traditional: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Schubert: Ave Maria

Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)

Traditional: The First Noël

Traditional: Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly

Traditional: O Sanctissima (O du fröhliche)

Beethoven: The Worship of God

Traditional: O Come, Little Children

Gruber: Silent Night, Holy Night

DISC 66:

Delius: Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody

Delius: A Dance Rhapsody No. 2 - Mazurka Tempo

Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Delius: In a Summer Garden, Rhapsody for Orchestra, RT VI/17

DISC 67:

Barati: Chamber Concerto

Rochberg: Symphony No. 2

DISC 68:

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47

DISC 69:

Poulenc: Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings and Tympani

R. Strauss: Festival Prelude for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 61

Barber-Ormandy: Toccata Festiva, Op. 36

DISC 70:

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1, Sz. 83

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 53

DISC 71:

Smith (arr. Asper): The Star-Spangled Banner

Elgar(arr. Fagge): Land of Hope and Glory

Berlin: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor

DeLisle: The Marseillaise

Sibelius (arr. Matthews): On Great Lone Hills - From "Finlandia"

Traditional (arr. Robertson): Hatikva

arr. Jenskins: The Maple Leaf Forever

Ward (arr. Asper): America, The Beautiful

Jacobs (arr. Lowell, Durham): This Is My Country

Shaw (arr. Schreiner): O Columbia The Gem Of The Ocean

Berlin (arr. R. DeCormier and E. Sauter): God Bless America

Sousa: Washington Post March

Gottschalk (arr. Kay): Grand Walkaround from Cakewalk

Ives (arr. Schuman): Variations on "America"

Copland: Rodeo: V. Hoedown

Smith (arr. Asper): The Star-Spangled Banner

DISC 72:

Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48

DISC 73/74:

Bach, J.S.: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232

DISC 75:

Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act III

Wagner: Siegfried, WWV 86C: Waldweben

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Prelude to Act III & Dance of the Apprentices & Entrance of the Meistersingers

Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Overture and Venusberg Music

Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll, WWV 103

DISC 76:

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 43

DISC 77:

Walton: Façade

Ibert: Divertissment from Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

Ibert: Escales

DISC 78:

Mozart, W.A.: Concerto in B-Flat Major for Bassoon and Orchestra, K. 191

Mozart, W.A.: Concerto No. 1 in G Major for Flute and Orchestra, K. 313

DISC 79:

Mozart, W.A.: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in C Major, K. 314

Mozart, W.A.: Concerto in A Major for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622

DISC 80:

Yardumian: Symphony No. 1

Yardumian: Violin Concerto

DISC 81:

Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ"

Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals, R.125

DISC 82:

Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Meyerbeer: Coronation March from "Le Prophete"

Beethoven: Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113: No. 4, Marcia alla turca

Gounod: Marche funèbre d'une marionnette

Gould: American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home)

Verdi: Grand March from "Aida"

Bizet: March of the Toreadors from "Carmen"

Herbert: March of the Toys

Schubert: Marche Militaire

Prokofiev: March from "The Love for Three Oranges"

Strauss, Johann II: Radetzky March

Knipper: Meadowlands (Cavalry of the Steppes) from Symphony No. 4

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No. 1

DISC 83:

Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45

DISC 84:

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6, Op. 111

DISC 85:

Mozart, W.A.: Concerto for 3 Pianos and Orchestra in F Major, K. 242

Bach, J.S.: Concerto for 3 Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor, BWV 1063

Bach, J.S.: Concerto in F Major, BWV 971 "Italian" (Robert Casadesus, piano)

DISC 86:

Chopin (arr. Douglas): Les Sylphides - Ballet

Délibes: Sylvia (Ballet Suite) Excerpts

Délibes: Coppelia

Chopin (arr. Harris): Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Arr. for Orchestra)

DISC 87:

R. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 - Fantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Characters

DISC 88:

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40

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"All Things End"

Presenting my updated fic with an immersive reading experience!

This fic holds a special piece of my soul, and I wrote it as a keyboard smash direct to post through a river of tears. I've reread it many times, but decided to step back and really revisit it.

With much help from @chunkypossum and @pippsmcgee this piece has been properly edited, updated, and even rewritten in spots. Much alcohol was consumed and many tears were shed in this process by all parties. I cannot thank them enough for their understanding of past tense, emotional stamina to relive this over and over, and never ending support as I obsessively messaged them with song ideas and editing updates. @pippsmcgee deserves incredibly special thanks for her editing services, which are, to quote her, "drunk enough to be clinical, but not so drunk I can't do subject verb agreement."

For the immersive component, I've created two playlists to go along with this fic. The "'All Things End Direct' Accompaniment" playlist has been formulated and tested to be listened to as you read the fic, with each song matching a specific scene or emotion you will encounter. The timing of the playlist should work out so that you only have to finish listening to the end of a song before proceeding to the next chapter. The first and last song are posted in the pre notes of each chapter in AO3.

The "'All Things End' Extended Playlist" includes all of the songs in the previous playlist as well as additional songs that did not match the timing of the read, but do match the emotions. This playlist is continually updated as I come across new songs that deserve a place here.

My wish is that this fic touches you, my readers, as much as it has touched me to write and curate the playlists. There is beauty and love to be found everywhere, even in death. Thank you for interacting and I sincerely hope you enjoy.

Please hydrate and get tissues before you start.

Below the cut you can find a full break down of each song per chapter, including explanations and authors notes.

Chapter 1: Inside Fading Out

"All Things End" by Hozier, the first four songs are all meant to be iterations of the emotions Azriel experiences as he learns and processes his mate's diagnosis and prognosis.

"Breathe (2AM)" by Anna Nalick

"Amen" by Amber Run

"The Call" by Regina Spektor

"Light" by Sleeping At Last, this song represents Azriel's will power to stand by his mate and take care of him no matter what.

"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" by Glenn Campbell, written during his own battle with Alzheimer's and meant to parallel Eris's own. On the extended playlist, you can find the song "Tell You About Her" by Ryan Nealon, which he wrote about his grandma and her struggle with dementia.

"Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane, meant to accompany Azriel and Eris together in his last days, and represent how they still find each other.

"I Will Follow You into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie, to indicate the love these two have for each other, even in the darkness of disease and death.

Chapter 2: Broken Pieces

"Come Sweet Death" by Johann Sebastian Back, performed by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra

"Adagio for Strings, Op. 11" by Samuel Barber, performed by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic

"Ghost" by Micky, the song that started this entire playlist and represents Azriel's emotions after losing his mate.

"Saturn" by Sleeping At Last and Tim Fain. This song inspired Linna's eulogy to Eris

Chapter 3: What Remains

"Hurts Like Hell" by Tommee Profitt and Lauren Strahm, performed by Fleurie and Tommee Profitt, this song reflects on Azriel's state of mind after his mate's funeral. This song was also one of the initial inspirations for this chapter. The second song that influenced this chapter "As The World Caves in by Matt Maltese covered by Sarah Cothran can be found on the extended playlist.

"Impassioned Lament" by Andrew Achilles DiMestico. The story of Patroclus and Achilles heavily inspired me while writing this fic and this song represents Azriel's flight to the Night Court. I wrote the entire fic to my Patroclus X Achilles playlist, also available on spotify.

"Breathe Me" by Sia, represents Azriel asking his Night Court family for help.

"Homeward Bound" sung by Peter Hollens, meant to reflect on Azriel realizing his home is in Autumn and leaving the Night Court for the last time.

"To Build A Home" by J. Swinscoe, Patrick Watson, & Phil France and performed by Patrick Watson, & The Cinematic Orchestra. This song is meant to reflect on Azriel and Eris's relationship with the tree and with each other. It accompanies Azriel's last day and him stepping through the veil with Eris.

Chapter 4: Outside Looking In

"Life and Death" by Michael Giacchino, performed by Michael Giacchino, The Hollywood Studio Symphony, and Tim Simonec. This is the death theme that plays in the show "Lost" and reflects on the pain of the moment.

"Brother" by Kodaline. Instead of sharing the meaning of this song, I'm going to share a line that carved out a bat boy sized piece of my soul.

Oh, brother, we go deeper than the ink beneath the skin of our tattoos. Though we don't share the same blood you're my brother and I love you, that's the truth.

"On the Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter, performed by Chris Worsey, John Metcalfe, Louisa Fuller, Max Richter, Natalia Bonner, & Philip Sheppard. A bittersweet song that reflects on love and loss.

"Think Of Me Once In A While, Take Care" by Take Care

"Into the West" performed by Peter Hollens. This is meant to be the song that Azriel sings from the symphonia during the funeral, and a song he would sing to Linna when she had nightmares. Other songs on the symphonia can be found in the extended playlist: "Edge of Night" performed by Peter Hollens, "Lullaby" by Sleeping At Last, and “Dear Theodosia” from the Hamilton soundtrack written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and performed by Leslie Odom Jr and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

"Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole. This song represents the underlying theme of the fic. That even deep within his disease Eris still remembered his mate. The song was intended to tell the story of how love can surpass everything, even death, just as it does in this fic.

If you've made it this far down, thank you so much for taking the time to join me on this journey. It's truly been a labor of love and I'm so excited to finally be sharing it with you all.

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