Britten: War Requiem

2 SACD Hybrid
War Requiem, op. 66

Galina Vishnevskaya soprano
Peter Pears tenor
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone
The Bach Choir & London Symphony Chorus
Chorus master: David Willcocks
Highgate School Choir
Director: Edward Chapman
Simon Preston organ

Melos Ensemble
London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten

Tracklista:

Hybrid SACD 1 
I. Requiem aeternam
1. a. Requiem aeternam Chorus
2. b. What Passing Bells for These who die as Cattle? Tenor

II. Dies irae
3. a. Dies irae Chorus
4. b. Bugles Sang, Saddening the Evening Air Baritone
5. c. Liber Scriptus Soprano
6. d. Out there, We've Walked quite Friendly up to Death Tenor & Baritone
7. e. Recordare Jesu pie Chorus
8. f. Be Slowly Lifted Up Baritone
9. g. Dies irae Chorus
10. h. Lacrimosa dies illa Soprano & Chorus
11. i. Move Him into the Sun Tenor

III. Offertorium
12. a. Domine Jesu Christe
13. b. So Abram Rose, and Clave the Wood

IV. Sanctus
14. a. Sanctus Soprano & Chorus
15. b. After the Blast of Lightning from the East Baritone

V. Agnus Dei
16. One ever Hangs Where Shelled Roads Part Tenor & chorus

VI. Libera me
17. a. Libera me, Domine Chorus
18. b. It Seemed that out of Battle I Escaped Tenor
19. c. Let Us Sleep Now ... In Paradisum Baritone, Tenor, Boys, Soprano & Chorus

Hybrid SACD 2 
Rehearsing War Requiem*
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

ADD · ADD/MONO*