Britten: War Requiem (2-CD)
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CD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Released: June 1, 2018
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Alto
Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: I. Requiem Aeternam - Requiem aeternam
- 2.Gianandrea Noseda, Choir of Eltham College, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchesWar Requienm: II. Requiem Aeternam - Te decet hymnus
- 3.Ian Bostridge, Gianandrea Noseda & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: III. Requiem Aeternam ‘What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?’
- 4.Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: IV. Requiem Aeternam - Kyrie eleison
- 5.Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: V. Dies Irae - Dies irae
- 6.Simon Keenlyside, Gianandrea Noseda & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: VI. Dies Irae - “Bugles sang, saddening the evening air”
- 7.Sabina Cvilak, Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: VII. Dies Irae - Liber scriptus
- 8.Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside, Gianandrea Noseda & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: VIII. Dies Irae - “Out there, we’ve walked quite friendly up to Death”
- 9.Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: IX. Dies Irae - Recordare Iesu pie
- 10.Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: X. Dies Irae - Confutatis maledictis
- 11.Simon Keenlyside, Gianandrea Noseda & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XI. Dies Irae - “Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm”
- 12.Sabina Cvilak, Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XII. Dies Irae - Dies irae
- 13.Sabina Cvilak, Ian Bostridge, Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OWar Requienm: XIII. Dies Irae - “Move him into the sun”
- 14.Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XIV. Dies Irae - Pie Iesu Domine
- 15.Gianandrea Noseda, Choir of Eltham College & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XV. Offertorium - Domine Jesu Christe
- 16.Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XVI. Offertorium - Sed signifer Sanctus
- 17.Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside, Gianandrea Noseda & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XVII.Offertorium - “So Abram rose, and clave the wood”
- 18.Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside, Gianandrea Noseda, Choir of Eltham College, London Symphony Chorus War Requienm: XVIII. Offertorium - Hostias et preces tibi
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.Sabina Cvilak, Gianandrea Noseda, Choir of Eltham College, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony War Requienm: XIX. Sanctus – Sanctus
- 2.Simon Keenlyside, Gianandrea Noseda & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XX. Sanctus - “After the blast of lightning from the East”
- 3.Ian Bostridge, Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XXI. Agnus Dei - “One ever hangs where shelled roads part” Agnus Dei
- 4.Sabina Cvilak, Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XXII. Libera Me - Libera me
- 5.Ian Bostridge, Gianandrea Noseda & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XXIII. Libera Me - “It seemed that out of battle I escaped”
- 6.Simon Keenlyside, Gianandrea Noseda & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XXIV. Libera Me - “ ‘None’, said the other”
- 7.Sabina Cvilak, Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside, Gianandrea Noseda, Choir of Eltham College, London War Requienm: XXV. Libera Me - “Let us sleep now…” In paradisum
- 8.Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony OrchestraWar Requienm: XXVI. Libera Me - Requiescant in pace
Product Description:
"A scintillating achievement... Sabina Cvilak's soprano has the focus... Bostridge brings piercing sincerity... Keenlyside - sonorous, commanding... an important issue: Noseda's judgement of pace is unerring, and the orchestra and chorus simply superb." (BBC Music 4). "LSO and Chorus are on cracking form, the soloists are as good as you will get... No one should be without (Britten's) but 50 years later, Noseda's dramatic, pulsating account represents another landmark." (Financial Times). "Noseda seeks to take the audience from the edge of consciousness to the blazing fires of the battlefield... Bostridge spins a beautiful line... Keenlyside is excellent throughout... Decisive and confident, Sabina Cvilak has the Slavic edge that has seemed hard-wired into the part since the incomparable Vishnevskaya." (Gramophone). "[Noseda] brings a strong sense of Italianate lyricism to bear on the score, reminding us of Britten's debt to Verdi... choral singing is fervent and intense, the playing fierce and sensitive." (The Guardian). "Another essential recording." (The Times).