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

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

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

14:04

II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

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

11:46

III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

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

8:18

The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

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

4:43

IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)

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

7:25

The Heroes

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

1:50

Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)

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

5:59

Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)

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

5:35

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine

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

6:10

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

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

2:20

Kyrie eleison

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

1:28

Dies irae, dies illa

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

3:56

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

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

2:46

Liber scriptus proferetur

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

2:50

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

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

1:45

Recordare Jesu pie

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

4:44

Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm

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

1:52

Dies irae, dies illa

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

1:17

Lacrimosa dies illa

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

2:04

Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu

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

5:55

Domine Jesu Christe

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

3:33

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went

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

6:16

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

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

3:18

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

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

2:52

After the blast of lightning from the East

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

3:43

V. Agnus Dei

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

3:46

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

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

7:35

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

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

9:47

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

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

Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

John Willan

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Britten: War Requiem & Bliss: Morning Heroes

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