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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 - Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Lorna Haywood (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Atlanta Boy Choir / Telarc 2x Audio CD 1989 / CD-80157
UPC 089408015724
The War Requiem, Op. 66, is a large-scale setting of the Requiem composed by Benjamin Britten mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. The War Requiem was performed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was built after the original fourteenth-century structure was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid. The traditional Latin texts are interspersed, in telling juxtaposition, with extra-liturgical poems by Wilfred Owen, written during World War I.
The work is scored for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chorus, boys' choir, organ, and two orchestras (a full orchestra and a chamber orchestra). The chamber orchestra accompanies the intimate settings of the English poetry, while soprano, choirs and orchestra are used for the Latin sections; all forces are combined in the conclusion. The Requiem has a duration of approximately 80–85 minutes. In 2019, War Requiem was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
| Label: | Telarc – CD-80157 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
2 x CD
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
1989 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Choral, Medieval, Classical, Neo-Classical |
Tracklist:
| I. Requiem Aeternam | (9:56) | ||
| 1-1.1 | Requiem Aeternam | 3:15 | |
| 1-1.2 | Te Decet Hymnus | 2:51 | |
| 1-1.3 | What Passing-Bells | 2:24 | |
| 1-1.4 | Kyrie Eleison | 1:26 | |
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II. Dies Irae |
(26:36) |
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| 1-2.1 | Dies Irae | 3:45 | |
| 1-2.2 | Bugles Sang | 2:45 | |
| 1-2.3 | Liber Scriptus Proferetur | 3:03 | |
| 1-2.4 | Out There | 2:25 | |
| 1-2.5 | Recordare Jesu Pie | 3:07 | |
| 1-2.6 | Confutatis Maledictis | 1:14 | |
| 1-2.7 | Be Slowly Lifted Up | 1:52 | |
| 1-2.8 | Dies Irae, Dies Illa | 3:12 | |
| 1-2.9 | Move Him Into The Sun | 3:54 | |
| 1-2.10 | Pie Jesu Domine | 1:18 | |
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III. Offertorium |
(9:52) |
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| 1-3.1 | Domine Jesu Christe | 1:35 | |
| 1-3.2 | Sed Signifer Sanctus | 2:01 | |
| 1-3.3 | So Abram Arose | 3:45 | |
| 1-3.4 | Hostias Et Preces Tibi | 2:31 | |
|
IV. Sanctus |
(10:06) |
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| 2-1.1 | Sanctus | 6:09 | |
| 2-1.2 | After The Blast Of Lightning | 3:57 | |
|
V. Agnus Dei |
(3:51) |
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| 2-2.1 | One Ever Hangs Where Shelled Roads Part | 1:06 | |
| 2-2.2 | Agnus Dei | 0:24 | |
| 2-2.3 | Near Golgotha | 0:27 | |
| 2-2.4 | Agnus Dei | 0:21 | |
| 2-2.5 | The Scribes On All The People Shove | 0:14 | |
| 2-2.6 | Agnus Dei | 0:58 | |
| 2-2.7 | Dona Nobis Pacem | 0:21 | |
|
VI. Libera Me |
(22:31) |
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| 2-3.1 | Libera Me | 7:50 | |
| 2-3.2 | It Seemed That Out Of The Battle I Escaped | 2:24 | |
| 2-3.3 | "None," Said The Other | 6:39 | |
| 2-3.4 | "Let Us Sleep Now ..." / In Paradisum | 4:22 | |
| 2-3.5 | Requiescant | 0:55 |
- Art Direction – Ray Kirschensteiner
- Baritone Vocals – Benjamin Luxon
- Chorus – Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Boy Choir
- Chorus Master – Fletcher Wolfe
- Composed By – Benjamin Britten
- Conductor – Robert Shaw
- Edited By – E. Amelia Rogers
- Engineer [Recording] – Jack Renner
- Executive-Producer – Robert Woods (2)
- Graphics [Cover] – Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates, Inc.
- Liner Notes – Nick Jones (12)
- Orchestra – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Producer [Assistance] – Elaine Martone
- Producer [Recording] – James Mallinson
- Soprano Vocals – Lorna Haywood
- Technician [Technical Assistance] – Michael Bishop, Thomas Knab
- Tenor Vocals – Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- Text By – Wilfred Owen
