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

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

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

14:04

II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

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

11:46

III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

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

8:18

The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

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

4:43

IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)

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

7:25

The Heroes

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

1:50

Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)

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

5:59

Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)

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

5:35

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine

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

6:10

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

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

2:20

Kyrie eleison

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

1:28

Dies irae, dies illa

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

3:56

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

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

2:46

Liber scriptus proferetur

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

2:50

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

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

1:45

Recordare Jesu pie

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

4:44

Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm

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

1:52

Dies irae, dies illa

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

1:17

Lacrimosa dies illa

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

2:04

Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu

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

5:55

Domine Jesu Christe

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

3:33

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went

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

6:16

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

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

3:18

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

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

2:52

After the blast of lightning from the East

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

3:43

V. Agnus Dei

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

3:46

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

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

7:35

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

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

9:47

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

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

5:42

John Willan

Producer

Britten: War Requiem & Bliss: Morning Heroes

RECORD LABEL

Arthur Bliss

Benjamin Britten

Sir Charles Groves

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle

Production