War Requiem

Album by Benjamin Britten & Sir John Eliot Gardiner & NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

War Requiem is a large-scale choral and orchestral composition by English composer Benjamin Britten, first performed in 1962. It juxtaposes traditional Latin requiem texts with contemporary poetry, blending liturgical writing, stark modernist harmonic language and contrasting vocal and orchestral forces, and it occupies a central place in Britten's mid-career output, addressing themes of war and remembrance within 20th-century music.
First released: August 1992

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: Requiem aeternam
    5:30
  2. 2.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. Sanctus: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth
    6:36
  3. 3.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. Sanctus: After the blast of lightning from the East
    4:10
  4. 4.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
    3:56
  5. 5.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: V. Agnus Dei: One ever hangs where shelled roads part
    3:41
  6. 6.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Dies irae, dies illa
    3:55
  7. 7.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera Me: Libera me, Domine
    7:21
  8. 8.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Bugles sang, saddening the evening air
    2:39
  9. 9.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Liber scriptus proferetur
    2:52
  10. 10.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera Me: It seemed that out of battle I escaped
    9:23
  11. 11.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera Me: Let us sleep now / In paradisum
    5:59
  12. 12.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death
    1:43
  13. 13.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Recordare Jesu pie
    4:35
  14. 14.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm
    1:46
  15. 15.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Dies irae, dies illa
    1:23
  16. 16.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Lacrimosa dies illa
    2:05
  17. 17.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Move him into the sun/Lacrimosa
    5:51
  18. 18.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: III. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe/Sed signifer sanctus Michael... Quam olim Abrahae promisisti
    3:51
  19. 19.
    War Requiem, Op. 66: III. Offertorium: So Abram rose, and clave the wood/Hostias
    5:59

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