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Item: Britten, Benjamin - War Requiem - 2SACD

Artist: Benjamin Britten
Title: War Requiem
Music: Classical: Choral
Format: 2SACD
Number Of Items: 1
Condition: This item is New
Label: Haenssler

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Britten’s War Requiem may be one of the largest and most shaking works of the 20th century. The work was an immediate success following its premiere on May 30th 1962 for the rededication of Coventry Cathedral (which had been destroyed during the Battle of Britain in World War II), winning the admiration of both press and public. Britten used texts from Catholic Mass for the Dead and poems by Wilfried Owens, in order to make a public statement of Britten’s anti-war convictions. It was a denunciation of the wickedness of war, not of other men In this performance by Helmuth Rilling, the maestro has once again called upon some of the finest singers in Europe and presides over the massive musical canvas with a deep sensitivity to the works texts and intent, to create a truly shattering performance for our time.

Tracklisting:
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: WAR REQUIEM For three soloists, mixed choir, children’s choir, organ, chamber orchestra, and full orchestra, opus 66 (Text based on the Missa pro defunctis and poems by Wilfred Owen) CD1
I. Requiem Aeternam II. Dies Irae III. Offertorium
CD2
IV. Sanctus V. Agnus Dei VI. Libera Me Annette Dasch (Soprano); James Taylor (Tenor); Christian Gerhaher (Bass) Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw Festivalensemble Stuttgart Helmuth Rilling TOTAL TIME SACD1
& 2: 1:22:40 SACD

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