War Requiem, op. 66

Album by Benjamin Britten & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus & Robert Shaw

War Requiem, Op. 66 is a large-scale choral and orchestral composition by the English composer Benjamin Britten, completed and first performed in 1962. Combining the traditional Latin Requiem Mass with English poetry, the work juxtaposes soloists, chorus and orchestra to produce a dense, often dissonant yet tonal sound world and represents Britten's mid-career engagement with themes of war and remembrance.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    War Requiem: I. Requiem aeternam
    10:00
  2. 2.
    War Requiem: II. Dies irae
    26:39
  3. 3.
    War Requiem: III. Offertorium
    9:51

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    War Requiem: IV. Sanctus
    10:13
  2. 3.
    War Requiem: V. Agnus Dei
    3:55
  3. 4.
    War Requiem: VI. Libera me
    22:38

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