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

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

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

14:04

II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

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

11:46

III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

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

8:18

The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

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

4:43

IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)

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

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)

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

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

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

6:10

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

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

2:20

Kyrie eleison

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

1:28

Dies irae, dies illa

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

3:56

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

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

2:46

Liber scriptus proferetur

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

2:50

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

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

1:45

Recordare Jesu pie

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

4:44

Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm

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

1:52

Dies irae, dies illa

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

1:17

Lacrimosa dies illa

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

2:04

Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu

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

5:55

Domine Jesu Christe

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

3:33

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went

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

6:16

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

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

3:18

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

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

2:52

After the blast of lightning from the East

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

3:43

V. Agnus Dei

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

3:46

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

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

7:35

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

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

9:47

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

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

5:42

Arthur Bliss

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Benjamin Britten

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Sir Charles Groves

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

John Willan

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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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