‎Britten: War Requiem & Bliss: Morning Heroes by Sir Charles Groves

I. Hector's Farewell to Andromache (The Iliad)

Edmund Walters, Sir Charles Groves, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, John Westbrook, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

14:04

II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

Edmund Walters, John Westbrook, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

11:46

III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, John Westbrook, Edmund Walters, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

8:18

The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

Sir Charles Groves, Edmund Walters, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, John Westbrook

4:43

IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)

Edmund Walters, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Westbrook

7:25

The Heroes

Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Edmund Walters, John Westbrook, Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

1:50

Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)

John Westbrook, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmund Walters, Sir Charles Groves, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra

5:59

Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)

Sir Charles Groves, John Westbrook, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Edmund Walters, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

5:35

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine

Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Robert Tear, Simon Halsey, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Elisabeth Söderström, Francis Grier

6:10

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

Mark Blatchly, Sir Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey, Elisabeth Söderström, Francis Grier, Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

2:20

Kyrie eleison

Elisabeth Söderström, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Francis Grier, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Sir Simon Rattle, Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Mark Blatchly, Simon Halsey

1:28

Dies irae, dies illa

Francis Grier, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Robert Tear, Elisabeth Söderström, Mark Blatchly, Sir Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

3:56

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

Simon Halsey, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Francis Grier, Robert Tear, Sir Simon Rattle, Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Elisabeth Söderström, Sir Thomas Allen

2:46

Liber scriptus proferetur

Francis Grier, Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Mark Blatchly, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Elisabeth Söderström

2:50

Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Elisabeth Söderström, Mark Blatchly, Sir Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey, Robert Tear, Francis Grier, Sir Thomas Allen

1:45

Recordare Jesu pie

Sir Simon Rattle, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Halsey, Francis Grier, Mark Blatchly, Elisabeth Söderström, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Robert Tear

4:44

Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Francis Grier, Robert Tear, Mark Blatchly, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Halsey, Elisabeth Söderström, Sir Thomas Allen

1:52

Dies irae, dies illa

Elisabeth Söderström, Sir Simon Rattle, Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Francis Grier, Robert Tear, Simon Halsey

1:17

Lacrimosa dies illa

Sir Simon Rattle, Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Francis Grier, Robert Tear, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Elisabeth Söderström, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

2:04

Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu

Robert Tear, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly, Simon Halsey, Elisabeth Söderström, Francis Grier

5:55

Domine Jesu Christe

Francis Grier, Robert Tear, Simon Halsey, Mark Blatchly, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Elisabeth Söderström, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

3:33

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went

Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Elisabeth Söderström, Francis Grier, Robert Tear, Simon Halsey, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen

6:16

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

Elisabeth Söderström, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Mark Blatchly, Sir Simon Rattle, Francis Grier, Robert Tear

3:18

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Francis Grier, Robert Tear, Elisabeth Söderström, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Mark Blatchly

2:52

After the blast of lightning from the East

Sir Simon Rattle, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Mark Blatchly, Francis Grier, Elisabeth Söderström, Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Halsey, Sir Thomas Allen

3:43

V. Agnus Dei

The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Mark Blatchly, Robert Tear, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Elisabeth Söderström, Francis Grier, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Allen

3:46

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

Elisabeth Söderström, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Francis Grier, Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Simon Halsey

7:35

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Elisabeth Söderström, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Mark Blatchly, Simon Halsey, Sir Simon Rattle, Francis Grier, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen

9:47

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

Mark Blatchly, Robert Tear, Simon Halsey, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Francis Grier, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Elisabeth Söderström, Sir Thomas Allen

5:42

Arthur Bliss

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Benjamin Britten

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Sir Charles Groves

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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Mark Blatchly

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John Willan

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