Britten: War Requiem / Penderecki: Threnos / Berg: Violin Concerto

Album by Benjamin Britten & Krzysztof Penderecki & Alban Berg & Herbert Kegel

This release couples Britten’s War Requiem with Penderecki’s Threnos (Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima) and Berg’s Violin Concerto. It presents mid‑20th‑century classical works addressing themes of war, loss and remembrance across choral‑orchestral, avant‑garde string orchestra and concerto forms.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    War Requiem: I. Requiem aeternam - Requiem aeternam
    7:46
  2. 2.
    War Requiem: I. Requiem aeternam - What passing-bells, Tenor
    3:08
  3. 3.
    War Requiem: I. Requiem aeternam - Kyrie eleison, Chorus
    1:46
  4. 4.
    War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Dies irae, dies illa, Chorus
    4:10
  5. 5.
    War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Dugles sang, Baritone
    3:11
  6. 6.
    War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Liber scriptus proferetur, Soprano, Chorus
    3:06
  7. 7.
    War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Out there, Tenor, Baritone
    1:59
  8. 8.
    War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Recordare Jesu pie, Chorus
    5:36
  9. 9.
    War Requiem: II. Dies irae - De slowly lifted up, Baritone
    1:43
  10. 10.
    War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Dies irae, dies illa, Chorus, Soprano
    1:20
  11. 11.
    War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Lacrimosa, Chorus
    6:51
  12. 12.
    War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Pie Jesu Domine, Chorus
    1:56
  13. 13.
    War Requiem: III. Offertorium - Domine Jesu Christe, Boy's Choir
    1:44
  14. 14.
    War Requiem: III. Offertorium - Sed signifer sanctus Michael, Chorus
    2:20
  15. 15.
    War Requiem: III. Offertorium - So Abraham rose, Baritone, Tenor
    4:45
  16. 16.
    War Requiem: III. Offertorium - Quam olim Abrahae promisisti, Chorus
    1:38
  17. 17.
    War Requiem: IV. Sanctus - Sanctus, Soprano, Chorus
    2:43
  18. 18.
    War Requiem: IV. Sanctus - Hosanna - Benedictus - Hosanna, Chorus, Soprano
    4:12
  19. 19.
    War Requiem: IV. Sanctus - After the blast, Baritone
    3:27

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    War Requiem: V. Agnus Dei - One ever hangs, Tenor, Chorus
    4:36
  2. 3.
    War Requiem: VI. Libera me - Livbra me, Chorus, Soprano
    7:26
  3. 4.
    War Requiem: VI. Libera me - It seemed, Tenor, Baritone
    8:29
  4. 5.
    War Requiem: VI. Libera me - Let us sleep now, Tenor, Baritone, Soprano, Boy's Choir, Chorus
    6:00
  5. 6.
    Threnos (Den Opfern von Hiroshima)
    8:32
  6. 7.
    Konzert für Violine und Orchester „Dem Angedenken eines Engels“: Andante - Allegretto
    10:59
  7. 8.
    Konzert für Violine und Orchester „Dem Angedenken eines Engels“: Allegro, Ma Sempre Rubato, Frei Wie Eine Kadenz - Adagio
    14:06

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