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

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

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

14:04

II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

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

11:46

III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

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

8:18

The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

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

4:43

IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)

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

7:25

The Heroes

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

1:50

Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)

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

5:59

Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)

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

5:35

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine

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

6:10

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

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

2:20

Kyrie eleison

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

1:28

Dies irae, dies illa

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

3:56

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

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

2:46

Liber scriptus proferetur

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

2:50

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

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

1:45

Recordare Jesu pie

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

4:44

Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm

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

1:52

Dies irae, dies illa

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

1:17

Lacrimosa dies illa

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

2:04

Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu

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

5:55

Domine Jesu Christe

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

3:33

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went

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

6:16

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

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

3:18

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

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

2:52

After the blast of lightning from the East

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

3:43

V. Agnus Dei

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

3:46

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

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

7:35

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

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

9:47

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

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

5:42

Arthur Bliss

Composer
Benjamin Britten

Composer
Sir Charles Groves

Conductor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra
Simon Halsey

Chorus Director

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

Simon Halsey

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