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

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

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

14:04

II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

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

11:46

III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

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

8:18

The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

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

4:43

IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)

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

7:25

The Heroes

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

1:50

Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)

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

5:59

Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)

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

5:35

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine

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

6:10

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

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

2:20

Kyrie eleison

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

1:28

Dies irae, dies illa

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

3:56

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

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

2:46

Liber scriptus proferetur

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

2:50

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

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

1:45

Recordare Jesu pie

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

4:44

Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm

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

1:52

Dies irae, dies illa

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

1:17

Lacrimosa dies illa

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

2:04

Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu

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

5:55

Domine Jesu Christe

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

3:33

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went

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

6:16

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

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

3:18

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

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

2:52

After the blast of lightning from the East

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

3:43

V. Agnus Dei

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

3:46

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

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

7:35

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

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

9:47

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

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

5:42

Arthur Bliss

Composer
Benjamin Britten

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Sir Charles Groves

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

Choir

John Willan

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Britten: War Requiem & Bliss: Morning Heroes

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City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

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