Adieu, Sir Neville, and thank you for all your wonderful recordings. I cut my teeth on many of them – a cherishable album of Vaughan Williams, featuring Iona Brown in “The Lark Ascending;” Ottorino Respighi’s “The Birds” and “Ancient Airs and Dances” with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; a gorgeous Fauré program, including “Pelléas et Mélisande” and “Masques et Bergamasques;” a haunting Scandinavian collection, featuring a spritely “Serenade for Strings” by Dag Wirén.

You were always an alert accompanist in concerto recordings of Murray Perahia and Pepe Romero. You had a firm grasp of Rossini opera. You were a reliable conductor of Haydn and Mozart (your performances with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields were featured on the soundtrack to “Amadeus”). And you understood Virgil Thomson better than Stokowski.

You crammed so much into a very long life (92 years). You performed with Pierre Monteux (who would become your teacher), Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Furtwangler and Henry Wood, for crying out loud. Your last concert was on Thursday!

Way to go, Sir Neville. I will miss you, but I will always, always have your recordings. Thank you again for all the beautiful music.

Sad news: Neville Marriner is gone, at 92