War Requiem, Op 66 (Britten)
from Britten: War Requiem (LSO0719)
1 Requiem aeternam [3'37]
2 Te decet hymnus [3'00]
3 What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? [2'37]
4 Kyrie eleison [1'32]
5 Dies irae [3'32]
6 Bugles sang, saddening the evening air [2'32]
7 Liber scriptus [3'00]
8 Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death [1'42]
9 Recordare Jesu pie [3'51]
10 Confutatis maledictis [1'05]
11 Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm [2'10]
12 Dies irae [3'00]
13 Move him into the sun [4'11]
14 Pie Jesu Domine [1'35]
15 Domine Jesu Christe [1'18]
16 Sed signifer sanctus [1'51]
17 So Abram rose, and clave the wood [3'22]
18 Hostias et preces tibi [2'40]
19 Sanctus [7'05]
20 After the blast of lighting from the East [3'34]
21 One ever hangs where shelled roads part [3'10]
22 Libera me [8'02]
23 It seemed that out of battle I escaped [2'50]
24 'None', said the other [6'50]
25 Let us sleep now … [4'26]
26 Requiescant in pace [1'16]
83 minutes 48 seconds 26 tracks
'This is an important issue: Noseda's judgement of pace is unerring, and the orchestra and chorus simply superb' (BBC Music Magazine)
‘‘Noseda offers an account rich in drama and is excellent at knitting together the Latin sections to commentary on war, forging a sense of momentum and cohesion … Noseda paces the music perfectly ...
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