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Britten: War Requiem [Original recording remastered]

~ Lord Benjamin Britten
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  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Audio CD (1 Oct 2000)
  • SPARS Code: A-D
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: BBC Music Legends/IMG Artists
  • ASIN: B00004YYR3
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 132,964 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. I. Requiem Aeternam: Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis Domine
2. I. Requiem Aeternam: What Passing-Bells For These Who Die As Cattle
3. II. Dies Irae: Dies Irae, Dies Illa
4. II. Dies Irae: Bugles Sang, Saddening The Evening Air
5. II. Dies Irae: Liber Scriptus Proferetur
6. II. Dies Irae: Out There, We've Walked Quite Friendly Up To Death
7. II. Dies Irae: Recordare, Jesu Pie
8. II. Dies Irae: Be Slowly Lifted Up, Thou Long Black Arm
9. II. Dies Irae: Lacrimosa Dies Illa
10. II. Dies Irae: Move Him Into The Sun
11. III. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae
12. III. Offertorium: So Abram Rose, And Clave The Wood, And Went
13. IV. Sanctus: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
14. IV. Sanctus: After The Blast Of Lightning From The East
15. V. Agnus Dei: One Ever Hangs Where Shelled Roads Part
16. VI. Libera Me: Libera Me, Domine, De Morte Aeterna
17. VI. Libera Me: It Seemed That Out Of Battle I Escaped
18. VI. Libera Me: Let Us Sleep Now
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  1. War Requiem
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Melos Ensemble, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra
    with Stefania Woytowicz, Sir Peter Pears, Hans Wilbrink
    Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

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3.0 out of 5 stars Atmosphere of a "live" performance well captured, 18 Mar 2002
While I thought this was quite a good recording of Britten's masterpiece, it wouldn't be my first choice. The choral singing is vividly caught in the recording; the soloists, on the other hand, sound rather backwardly placed in the overall sound picture. The recording was made at a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969, and while the excitement and spontaneity of a concert performance are well captured, there are drawbacks as well: coughs and sniffles from the audience are at times obtrusive, and in the excitement of the moment the baritone slips up in his first duet with Pears, where he incorrectly sings "laughed" instead of "leagued". Interesting to listen to as a one-off, but I'd go for one of the excellent studio recordings available - Hickox on Chandos, or the composer's own incomparable recording from 1963 - for repeated listening.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best recording, but still a fantastic work., 16 Nov 2000
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The War Requiem will always be a beautiful piece, and it would take a lot to spoil it. However, I did not think this CD has captured it at its best. When the choir is in full song the lower vocal parts get lost - the balance is very weighted towards the sporanos. For example, in the Dies Irae section of the Libera Me, the sopranos dominate, at the expense of the lower parts. Also, in the In Paradisum the choir is a barely audible low rumble, until the sopranos come in high and clear. The atmosphere of the live performance has been fully captured in this recording, which comes complete with aauthentic udience coughing. So, if you like to pretend that your living room is really the packed Royal Albert Hall, this is the CD for you!
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