Review by Mira Okafor★★★★Sample
There's a version of me before this album and one after, and the after one is insufferable about it.
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Britten: War Requiem
1963 · by Benjamin Britten, The Bach Choir, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra
Classical19 songs1 hr 21 min
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- 2War Requiem, Op. 66, Requiem aeternam: "What Passing Bells For These Who Die As Cattle?"
sample avg 3.5 · Sir Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Melos Ensemble, The Bach Choir, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus
3:40 - 3War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Dies irae"
sample avg 3.9 · London Symphony Chorus, Benjamin Britten, The Bach Choir & London Symphony Orchestra
3:38 - 4War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Bugles Sang, Saddening the Evening Air"
sample avg 3.1 · Benjamin Britten, Melos Ensemble & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
2:35 - 5War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Liber Scriptus Proferetur"
sample avg 2.9 · Galina Vishnevskaya, Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & The Bach Choir
2:57 - 6War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Out There, We've Walked Quite Friendly Up To Death"
sample avg 3.6 · Sir Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Melos Ensemble & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
1:57 - 7War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Recordare Jesu Pie"
sample avg 2.9 · London Symphony Chorus, Benjamin Britten, The Bach Choir & London Symphony Orchestra
4:49 - 8War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Be Slowly Lifted Up"
sample avg 4.1 · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Melos Ensemble, Benjamin Britten & London Symphony Orchestra
1:51 - 9War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Dies Irae"
sample avg 3.8 · London Symphony Chorus, Benjamin Britten, The Bach Choir & London Symphony Orchestra
1:13 - 10War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Lacrimosa Dies Illa"
sample avg 3.4 · Galina Vishnevskaya, Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Chorus, The Bach Choir & London Symphony Orchestra
1:54 - 11War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Move Him Into the Sun"
sample avg 3.2 · Sir Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Melos Ensemble, Galina Vishnevskaya, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & The Bach Choir
4:50 - 12War Requiem, Op. 66, Offertorium: "Domine Jesu Christe"
sample avg 3.7 · Highgate School Boys' Choir, Benjamin Britten, Simon Preston, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & The Bach Choir
3:33 - 13War Requiem, Op. 66, Offertorium: "So Abram Rose, and Clave the Wood"
sample avg 3.2 · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Britten, Highgate School Choir, Melos Ensemble, Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, The Bach Choir & Simon Preston
6:10 - 14War Requiem, Op. 66, Sanctus: "Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus"
sample avg 3.9 · Galina Vishnevskaya, Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Chorus, The Bach Choir & London Symphony Orchestra
6:01 - 15War Requiem, Op. 66, Sanctus: "After the Blast Of Lightning From the East"
sample avg 2.9 · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Britten & Melos Ensemble
3:50 - 16War Requiem, Op. 66, Agnus Dei: "One Ever Hangs Where Shelled Roads Part"
sample avg 3.5 · Sir Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & The Bach Choir
3:40 - 17War Requiem, Op. 66, Libera me: "Libera me, Domine"
sample avg 3.7 · Galina Vishnevskaya, Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Chorus, The Bach Choir & London Symphony Orchestra
7:36 - 18War Requiem, Op. 66, Libera me: "It Seemed That Out Of Battle I Escaped"
sample avg 3.5 · Sir Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Melos Ensemble & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
9:36 - 19War Requiem, Op. 66, Libera me: "Let Us Sleep Now.In Paradisum"
sample avg 4.2 · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Britten, Highgate School Boys' Choir, Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Chorus, Galina Vishnevskaya, The Bach Choir, Melos Ensemble & London Symphony Orchestra
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Review by Nadia Haddad★★★★Sample
Benjamin Britten, The Bach Choir, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra really said 'let me ruin your whole week' and then did it beautifully.
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