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Britten's War Requiem

Hannah French has more music from the new releases featured on yesterday's Record Review, including the complete chosen recording in Building a Library. This week, the work under consideration was Britten's War Requiem.

2 hours, 54 minutes

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Sun 31 Mar 202420:35
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Music Played

  • Fela Sowande

    Akinla (from African Suite)

    Ensemble: Pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School. Conductor: Otis Enokido-Lineham.
    • Around the World in 80 Minutes.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 22.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Nisi Dominus, RV 608

    Singer: Maarten Engeltjes. Ensemble: PRJCT Amsterdam.
    • Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Vivaldi Nisi Dominus.
    • Pentatone.
    • 13-21.

  • Jacques Bittner

    Lute suite in C major

    Performer: André Henrich.
    • Jacque Bittner Pieces de Lut.
    • ARS Produktion.
    • 28-32.

  • Richard Wagner

    Parsifal - prelude to Act 1

    Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Jordan.
    • Parsifal.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dance No 3 arr. for 2 pianos

    Performer: Sergei Babayan. Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Rachmaminoff for Two.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, Book 1) orch. Colin Matthews

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Debussy - Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Debussy Preludes - Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Benjamin Britten

    War requiem, Op 66

    Performer: Simon Preston. Singer: Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya. Singer: Peter Pears. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Choir: The Bach Choir. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Choir: Highgate School Choir. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten War Requiem.
    • Decca.
    • 1-30.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Ensemble: The Apollon Ensemble.
    • Bach Violin Concertos.
    • Sony.
    • 7-9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    To Solitude, K 391

    Performer: Mathieu Pordoy. Singer: Sabine Devieilhe.
    • Mozart R Strauss Lieder.
    • Erato.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 Mar 202420:35
    BBC Radio 3