Choral, Masses, Britten (composer)
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
RecommendedGalina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ)
London Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten
Britten was writing personally for three muses who had all shared the wartime experience...His incandescent commitment to pacificism and horror at the failure of humanism blazes forth...As you... —
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Building a Library, November 2009, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
RecommendedJames O'Donnell (organ), Sioned Williams (harp)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill
A Ceremony of Carols sets nine medieval and 16th-century poems between the 'Hodie' of the plainsong Vespers. The sole accompanying instrument is a harp, but given the right acoustic, sensitive... —
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Building a Library, December 2004, Also Recommended
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Britten: War Requiem
RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor)
Choristers of St Paul`s Cathedral, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Hickox
Britten's War Requiem is the composer's most public statement of his pacifism.
The work is cast in six movements and calls for massive forces: full chorus, soprano soloist and full orchestra... —Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering
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Building a Library, June 2017, Also Recommended
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Britten: War Requiem
Recommended2023 remastering
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Melos Ensemble, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
RecommendedSusan Gritton (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Gabrieli Young Singers Scheme, Trebles of The Choir of New College Oxford & Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
[McCreesh's] New College choristers have the ideal mix of celestial glow and nimble impatience; his orchestra is wonderfully articulate. And the sound picture has the greatest depth of range... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Choral Award Winner
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The Feast of St Michael and All Angels at Westminster Abbey (Michaelmas)
Robert Quinney (organ)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell
The choir, atmospherically recorded in the Abbey itself, sings this demanding repertoire with its customary zeal and a well-blended sound, and the performances are directed with the panache... —
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Annette Dasch, James Taylor & Christian Gerhaher
Festival Ensemble Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling
The orchestra sounds almost human in its emotional involvement, while the choral singing is of the highest order. Add the beautiful solo performances and it’s impossible to recommend this highly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2008, Editor's Choice
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Britten: War Requiem
RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano). Philip Langridge (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Roderick Elms (organ)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, Richard Hickox
'Drawing on a disciplined and dedicated response from his London Symphony forces, Hickox masterminds a stirring display (ideally balanced by the Couzens production team) that scales genuine... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering
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The bulk of Britten's choral output, repackaged at budget level from full-price originals. Wonderfully sympathetic performances, rich recording. A top bargain for the Britten centenary. —
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Benjamin Britten - Sacred Choral Music
Iain Farrington (organ), Benedict Giles (treble), Malcolm Green (bass), Simon Wall (tenor), Thomas Williams (alto), Joseph Helps (treble), Oliver Lepage-Dean (treble), Christopher de la Hoyde (alto), William Goldring (treble), Edward Minton (treble), Ben Harrison (treble)
St. John's College...
With Britten comes the thought of high voices: boys' voices that on this Naxos disc belong to the choir of St. John's College, Cambridge… the St. John's singers roundly capture the elusive tonal... —
