Lorin Maazel – Britten: War Requiem (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Lorin Maazel – Britten: War Requiem (2017)
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The War Requiem, Op. 66, is a large-scale, non-liturgical setting of the Requiem composed by Benjamin Britten mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. The War Requiem was performed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was built after the original fourteenth-century structure was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid. The traditional Latin texts are interspersed, in telling juxtaposition, with settings of poems by Wilfred Owen, written in World War I. The work is scored for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chorus, boys’ choir, organ, and two orchestras (a full orchestra and a chamber orchestra). The chamber orchestra accompanies the intimate settings of the English poetry, while soprano, choirs and orchestra are used for the Latin sections; all forces are combined in the conclusion. The Requiem has a duration of approximately 90 minutes.

Tracklist:
01. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam-“Requiem aeternam” (Children’s chorus) (07:07)
02. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Requiem aeternam-“What Passing Bells” (Tenor) (02:38)
03. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: III. Requiem aeternam-“Kyrie eleison” (Chorus) (01:35)
04. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. Dies irae-” Dies irae, dies illa” (Chorus) (04:16)
05. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: V. Dies irae-“Bugles Sang” (Baritone) (02:37)
06. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Dies irae-“Liber scriptus” (Soprano, Semi-chorus) (03:41)
07. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: VII. Dies irae-“Out there, We Walked quite friendly up to Death” (Tenor, Baritone) (01:51)
08. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: VIII. Dies Irae-“Recordare” (Women’s Chorus) (05:32)
09. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: IX. Dies Irae-“Be Slowly Lifted Up” (Baritone) (02:00)
10. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: X. Dies irae-“Dies irae” (Chorus) (01:35)
11. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: XI. Dies Irae-“Lacrimosa dies illa” (Chous) (02:14)
12. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: XII. Dies irae-“Move Him into the sun” (Tenor, Soprano, Chorus) (06:18)
13. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: XIII. Offertorium-“Domine Jesu Christe” (Children’s Choir) (03:58)
14. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66. XIV. Offertorium-“So Abraham rose” (Tenor, Baritone) (06:38)
15. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: XV. Sanctus-“Sanctus, Hosanna and Benedictus” (Soprano, Chorus) (07:43)
16. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: XVI. Sanctus-“After the Blast of Lightning” (Baritone) (03:40)
17. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: XVII. Agnus Dei-“One Ever Hangs…Agnus Dei” (Tenor, Chorus) (04:03)
18. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: XVIII. Libera Me-“Libera Me” (Soprano, Chorus) (08:57)
19. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: XIX. Libera me-“It Seemed that out of Battle I Escaped” (Tenor, Baritone) (09:59)
20. Lorin Maazel – War Requiem, Op. 66: XX. Libera me-“Let us Sleep now… In paradisum” (Tutti) (06:27)

Personnel:
Anna Samuil (soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-baritone)
Münchner Philharmoniker
Lorin Maazel (conductor)

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