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Benjamin Britten: Britten War Requiem 2CD

    Benjamin Britten: Britten War Requiem 2CD

    Benjamin Britten
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    Decca Classics is proud to mark the 60th anniversary of Britten’s 1963 recording of his War Requiem with a new high-definition transfer of this double GRAMMY Award-winning album. The product suite includes an audiophile vinyl edition mastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios; Hybrid SACD; and a Dolby Atmos eAlbum release. Benjamin Britten's War Requiem remains a powerful testament to the enduring impact of war on humanity.

    Tracklist: 

    CD 1
    1. Requiem aeternam
    2. Requiem aeternam Chorus
    3. What Passing Bells for These who die as Cattle? Tenor II. Dies irae
    4. Dies irae Chorus
    5. Bugles Sang, Saddening the Evening Air Baritone
    6. Liber Scriptus Soprano
    7. Out there, We've Walked quite Friendly up to Death Tenor & Baritone
    8. Recordare Jesu pie Chorus
    9. Be Slowly Lifted Up Baritone
    10. Dies irae Chorus
    11. Lacrimosa dies illa Soprano & Chorus
    12. Move Him into the Sun Tenor III. Offertorium
    13. Domine Jesu Christe
    14. So Abram Rose, and Clave the Wood IV. Sanctus
    15. Sanctus Soprano & Chorus
    16. After the Blast of Lightning from the East Baritone V. Agnus Dei
    17. One ever Hangs Where Shelled Roads Part Tenor & chorus VI. Libera me
    18. Libera me, Domine Chorus
    19. It Seemed that out of Battle I Escaped Tenor
    20. Let Us Sleep Now ... In Paradisum Baritone, Tenor, Boys, Soprano & Chorus

    CD 2
    These recordings were made using the courtesy microphone by the conductor’s Podium and a microphone in the producer’s control room. Hence the sound is mono.
    1. Requiem aeternam – Rehearsal
    2. Dies irae – Rehearsal of the opening section
    3. Dies irae – Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (via her interpreter), then between John Culshaw and Galina Vishnevskaya
    4. Dies irae – Rehearsal of end of movement
    5. Offertorium – Rehearsal
    6. Sanctus – Rehearsal
    7. Sanctus – Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (via her interpreter)
    8. Agnus Dei – Discussion in the control room between Britten, Peter Pears and John Culshaw
    9. Libera me – Discussion in the control room between Britten and John Culshaw
    10. Libera me – Rehearsal
    11. Libera me – Rehearsal of closing page
    12. Closing remarks