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

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

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

14:04

II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

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

11:46

III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

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

8:18

The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

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

4:43

IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)

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

7:25

The Heroes

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

1:50

Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)

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

5:59

Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)

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

5:35

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine

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

6:10

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

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

2:20

Kyrie eleison

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

1:28

Dies irae, dies illa

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

3:56

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

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

2:46

Liber scriptus proferetur

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

2:50

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

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

1:45

Recordare Jesu pie

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

4:44

Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm

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

1:52

Dies irae, dies illa

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

1:17

Lacrimosa dies illa

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

2:04

Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu

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

5:55

Domine Jesu Christe

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

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, Sir Simon Rattle, Elisabeth Söderström, Francis Grier, Robert Tear, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Thomas Allen

6:16

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

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

3:18

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

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

2:52

After the blast of lightning from the East

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

3:43

V. Agnus Dei

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

3:46

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

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

7:35

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

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

9:47

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

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

5:42

Arthur Bliss

Composer
Benjamin Britten

Composer
Sir Charles Groves

Conductor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra
Elisabeth Söderström

Soprano

John Willan

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Britten: War Requiem & Bliss: Morning Heroes

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Arthur Bliss

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Sir Charles Groves

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Elisabeth Söderström

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