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

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

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

14:04

II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

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

11:46

III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

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

8:18

The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

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

4:43

IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)

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

7:25

The Heroes

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

1:50

Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)

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

5:59

Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)

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

5:35

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine

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

6:10

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

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

2:20

Kyrie eleison

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

1:28

Dies irae, dies illa

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

3:56

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

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

2:46

Liber scriptus proferetur

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

2:50

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

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

1:45

Recordare Jesu pie

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

4:44

Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm

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

1:52

Dies irae, dies illa

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

1:17

Lacrimosa dies illa

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

2:04

Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu

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

5:55

Domine Jesu Christe

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

3:33

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went

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

6:16

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

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

3:18

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

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

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, Simon Halsey, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen

3:43

V. Agnus Dei

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

3:46

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

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

7:35

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

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

9:47

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

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

5:42

Arthur Bliss

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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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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Francis Grier

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