War Requiem

Album by Benjamin Britten & Galina Vishnevskaya & Peter Pears & Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau

War Requiem is a large-scale choral and orchestral work by Benjamin Britten, premiered at the consecration of Coventry Cathedral in 1962. The composition juxtaposes the Latin Requiem Mass with contemporary war poetry, blending liturgical textures with orchestral and chamber forces, soloists and chorus, and it occupies a central place in Britten's middle period and in the development of post-war British choral repertoire.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Requiem aeternam: Requiem aeternam (chorus)
    5:56
  2. 2.
    Requiem aeternam: What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? (tenor)
    3:37
  3. 3.
    Dies irae: Dies irae (chorus)
    3:36
  4. 4.
    Dies irae: Bugles sang (baritone)
    2:33
  5. 5.
    Dies irae: Liber scriptus proferetur (soprano)
    2:56
  6. 6.
    Dies irae: Out there (tenor and baritone)
    1:56
  7. 7.
    Dies irae: Recordare Jesu pie (chorus)
    4:48
  8. 8.
    Dies irae: Be slowly lifted up (baritone)
    1:52
  9. 9.
    Dies irae: Dies irae (chorus)
    1:11
  10. 10.
    Dies irae: Lacrimosa dies illa (soprano and chorus)
    1:54
  11. 11.
    Dies irae: Move him into the sun (tenor)
    4:50
  12. 12.
    Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe (boys)
    3:30
  13. 13.
    Offertorium: So Abram rose (tenor and baritone)
    6:11
  14. 14.
    Sanctus: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus (soprano and chorus)
    6:02
  15. 15.
    Sanctus: After the blast of lightning (baritone)
    3:51

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Agnus Dei: One ever hangs (tenor and chorus)
    3:45
  2. 3.
    Libera me: Libera me, Domine (chorus)
    7:37
  3. 4.
    Libera me: It seemed that out of battle I escaped (tenor)
    9:34
  4. 5.
    Libera me: Let us sleep now ... In paradisum (baritone, tenor, boys, soprano and chorus)
    6:04
  5. 6.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Requiem aeternam (Rehearsal)
    7:20
  6. 7.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies irae (Rehearsal of the opening section)
    9:46
  7. 8.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies irae (Discussion between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (via her interpreter), then between John Culshaw and Galina Vishnevskaya)
    2:05
  8. 9.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies irae (Rehearsal of end of movement)
    4:39
  9. 10.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Offertorium (Rehearsal)
    8:23
  10. 11.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Sanctus (Rehearsal)
    6:15
  11. 12.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Sanctus (Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya)
    0:19
  12. 13.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Agnus Dei (Discussion in the control room between Britten, Peter Pears and John Culshaw)
    1:06
  13. 14.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera me (Discussion in the control room between Britten and John Culshaw)
    1:11
  14. 15.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera me (Rehearsal)
    5:21
  15. 16.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera me (Rehearsal of closing page)
    3:16

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