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

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

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

14:04

II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

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

11:46

III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

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

8:18

The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

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

4:43

IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)

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

7:25

The Heroes

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

1:50

Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)

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

5:59

Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)

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

5:35

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine

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

6:10

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

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

2:20

Kyrie eleison

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

1:28

Dies irae, dies illa

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

3:56

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

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

2:46

Liber scriptus proferetur

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

2:50

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

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

1:45

Recordare Jesu pie

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

4:44

Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm

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

1:52

Dies irae, dies illa

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

1:17

Lacrimosa dies illa

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

2:04

Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu

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

5:55

Domine Jesu Christe

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

3:33

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went

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

6:16

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

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

3:18

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

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

2:52

After the blast of lightning from the East

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

3:43

V. Agnus Dei

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

3:46

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

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

7:35

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

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

9:47

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

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

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Mark Blatchly

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John Willan

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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