Britten: War Requiem

Alison Hagley, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley, Bo Skovhus, Luba Orgonasova, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

The Monteverdi Choir · NDR-Chor

Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers

Philharmonia Orchestra · Tölzer Knabenchor

NDR-Sinfonieorchester, John Eliot Gardiner

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Release date: 1st Feb 2002
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Series: 2CD
Catalogue number: 4595092
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes
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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44

Work length41:28

John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Alison Hagley (soprano), Catherine Robbin (contralto), Richard Seal (chorusmaster)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Salisbury Cathedral Choristers
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1995-06
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

1. Introduction: Shine out

Track length8:38

2. The merry cuckoo

Track length1:55

3. Spring, the sweet Spring

Track length1:41

4. The driving boy

Track length1:50

5. The morning star

Track length2:59

6. Welcome Maids of Honour

Track length2:35

7. Waters above!

Track length2:27

8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed

Track length5:50

9. When will my May come

Track length2:25

10. Fair and fair

Track length2:15

11. Sound the flute!

Track length1:21

12. Finale: London, to thee I do present

Track length7:32

Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27

Work length9:44

Emma Preston-Dunlop (soprano), Gill Ross (soprano), Penelope Vickers (contralto), Peter Mitchell (tenor), Richard Savage (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1995-05
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

In a garden shady

Track length2:30

I cannot grow

Track length1:55

O ear whose creatures

Track length5:19

Britten: Five Flower Songs, Op. 47

Work length10:33

Philharmonia Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1995-05
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

1. To Daffodils

Track length1:55

2. The Succession of the Four Sweet Months

Track length1:49

3. Marsh Flowers

Track length2:15

4. The Evening Primrose

Track length2:42

5. Ballad of Green Broom

Track length1:52

Britten: War Requiem, Op.66 / Requiem aeternam

Work length9:20

Howard Arman (chorusmaster), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (chorusmaster), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor, Tölzer Knabenchor
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1992-08
Recording Venue: St. Marien-Kirche, Lübeck

Requiem aeternam

Track length5:27

What passing bells for these who die as cattle?

Track length3:53

Britten: War Requiem, Op.66 / Dies Irae

Work length26:47

Howard Arman (chorusmaster), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1992-08
Recording Venue: St. Marien-Kirche, Lübeck

Dies irae (I)

Track length3:57

Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

Track length2:39

Liber scriptus proferetur

Track length2:52

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

Track length1:44

Recordare Jesu pie

Track length4:34

Be slowly lifted up

Track length1:46

Dies irae (II)

Track length1:23

Lacrimosa dies illa

Track length2:06

Move him into the sun

Track length5:46

Britten: War Requiem, Op.66 / Offertorium

Work length9:48

Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (chorusmaster), Howard Arman (chorusmaster), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Tölzer Knabenchor, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1992-08
Recording Venue: St. Marien-Kirche, Lübeck

Domine Jesu Christe

Track length3:51

So Abraham rose, and clave the wood

Track length5:57

Britten: War Requiem, Op.66 / Sanctus

Work length10:38

Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Howard Arman (chorusmaster), Bo Skovhus (baritone)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1992-08
Recording Venue: St. Marien-Kirche, Lübeck

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

Track length6:33

After the blast of lightning from the East

Track length4:05

Britten: War Requiem, Op.66 / Agnus Dei

Work length3:37

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Howard Arman (chorusmaster)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1992-08
Recording Venue: St. Marien-Kirche, Lübeck

One ever hangs where shelled roads part

Track length3:37

Britten: War Requiem, Op.66 / Libera me

Work length22:40

Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Howard Arman (chorusmaster), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (chorusmaster)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor, Tölzer Knabenchor
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1992-08
Recording Venue: St. Marien-Kirche, Lübeck

Libera me, Domine

Track length7:19

It seemed that out of battle I escaped

Track length9:23

Let us sleep now...In paradisum

Track length5:58

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