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

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

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

14:04

II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

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

11:46

III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

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

8:18

The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, 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

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

1:50

Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)

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

5:59

Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)

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

5:35

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine

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

6:10

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

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

2:20

Kyrie eleison

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

1:28

Dies irae, dies illa

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

3:56

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

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

2:46

Liber scriptus proferetur

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

2:50

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

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

1:45

Recordare Jesu pie

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

4:44

Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm

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

1:52

Dies irae, dies illa

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

1:17

Lacrimosa dies illa

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

2:04

Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu

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

5:55

Domine Jesu Christe

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

3:33

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went

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

6:16

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

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

3:18

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

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

2:52

After the blast of lightning from the East

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

3:43

V. Agnus Dei

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

3:46

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

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

7:35

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

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

9:47

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

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

5:42

Arthur Bliss

Composer
Benjamin Britten

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Sir Charles Groves

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

Choir

John Willan

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Britten: War Requiem & Bliss: Morning Heroes

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City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

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