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British Composers: Britten: War Requiem / Bliss: Morning Heroes

Simon Rattle · Simon Halsey · Charles Groves · Robert Tear · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra · Royal Liverpool Philharmonic · Francis Grier

EMI Classics2007Cat. 50999505909262h 22m29 tracks

Composers

Benjamin Britten21 Arthur Bliss8

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

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

Arthur Bliss - Morning Heroes, op. 48, F. 32

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

14:03

02

Morning Heroes: II. The City's Arming (Walt Whitman)

Arthur Bliss - Morning Heroes, op. 48, F. 32

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

11:46

03

Morning Heroes: III. Vigil (Li-Tai-Po)

Arthur Bliss - Morning Heroes, op. 48, F. 32

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

8:18

04

Morning Heroes: III. The Bivouac's Flame (Whitman)

Arthur Bliss - Morning Heroes, op. 48, F. 32

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

4:43

05

Morning Heroes: IV. Achilles Goes Forth to Battle (The Illiad)

Arthur Bliss - Morning Heroes, op. 48, F. 32

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

7:25

06

Morning Heroes: IV. The Heroes

Arthur Bliss - Morning Heroes, op. 48, F. 32

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

1:51

07

Morning Heroes: V. Now Trumpeter for Thy Close: Spring Offensive (Wilfred Owen)

Arthur Bliss - Morning Heroes, op. 48, F. 32

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

6:00

08

Morning Heroes: V. Now Trumpeter for Thy Close: Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols)

Arthur Bliss - Morning Heroes, op. 48, F. 32

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

5:27

09

War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam. "Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

6:09

10

War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam. "What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Robert Tear, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:20

11

War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam. "Kyrie eleison"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:25

Disc 2

01

War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Dies irae, dies illa"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

3:57

02

War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Bugles sang, saddening the evening air"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:46

03

War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Liber scriptus proferetur"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:47

04

War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Robert Tear, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:46

05

War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Recordare Jesu pie"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

4:44

06

War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:53

07

War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Dies irae, dies illa"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:17

08

War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae. "Lacrimosa dies illa"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:04

09

War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae "Move him into the sun...Pie Jesu"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Robert Tear, Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle

5:55

10

War Requiem, op. 66: III. Offertorium. "Domine Jesu Christe"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

3:33

11

War Requiem, op. 66: III. Offertorium. "So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Robert Tear, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

6:16

12

War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus. "Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

3:19

13

War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus. "Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:52

14

War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus. "After the blast of lightning from the East"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

3:43

15

War Requiem, op. 66: V. Agnus Dei

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Robert Tear, Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle

3:45

16

War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me. "Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

7:34

17

War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me. "It seemed that out of battle I escaped"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Robert Tear, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

9:47

18

War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me. "Let us sleep now...In paradisum"

Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, op. 66

Robert Tear, Simon Halsey, Simon Rattle

5:25