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

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

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

14:04

II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

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

11:46

III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

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

8:18

The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

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

4:43

IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)

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

7:25

The Heroes

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

1:50

Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)

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

5:59

Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)

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

5:35

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine

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

6:10

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

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

2:20

Kyrie eleison

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

1:28

Dies irae, dies illa

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

3:56

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

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

2:46

Liber scriptus proferetur

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

2:50

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

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

1:45

Recordare Jesu pie

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

4:44

Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm

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

1:52

Dies irae, dies illa

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

1:17

Lacrimosa dies illa

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

2:04

Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu

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

5:55

Domine Jesu Christe

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

3:33

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went

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

6:16

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

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

3:18

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

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

2:52

After the blast of lightning from the East

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

3:43

V. Agnus Dei

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

3:46

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

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

7:35

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

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

9:47

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

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

5:42

Arthur Bliss

Composer
Benjamin Britten

Composer
Sir Charles Groves

Conductor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra
Francis Grier

Chorus Director, Organ

John Willan

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Britten: War Requiem & Bliss: Morning Heroes

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Arthur Bliss

Benjamin Britten

Sir Charles Groves

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Francis Grier

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