Britten: War Requiem; Spring Symphony...

John Eliot Gardiner

• Released on 2002-01-01 by Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
• Main artists: Philharmonia Orchestra NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester John Eliot Gardiner
• Genre: Classical

Spring Symphony, Op. 44 (Benjamin Britten)

1 1. Introduction: Shine out

Monteverdi Choir 00:08:37

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Anonymous, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist

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2 2. The merry cuckoo

John Mark Ainsley 00:01:55

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edmund Spenser, Author

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3 3. Spring, the sweet Spring

Monteverdi Choir 00:01:40

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Catherine Robbin, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Hagley, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Nashe, Author

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4 4. The driving boy

Salisbury Cathedral Choristers 00:01:49

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Clare, Author - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Richard Seal, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Peele, Author - Salisbury Cathedral Choristers, Choir, MainArtist

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5 5. The morning star

Monteverdi Choir 00:02:59

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - John Milton, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist

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6 6. Welcome Maids of Honour

Catherine Robbin 00:02:35

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Catherine Robbin, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Herrick, Author

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7 7. Waters above!

John Mark Ainsley 00:02:27

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Vaughan, Author

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8 8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed

Monteverdi Choir 00:05:49

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Catherine Robbin, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wystan Hugh Auden, Author

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9 9. When will my May come

John Mark Ainsley 00:02:25

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Barnefield, Author

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10 10. Fair and fair

Alison Hagley 00:02:15

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Hagley, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Peele, Author

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11 11. Sound the flute!

Monteverdi Choir 00:01:21

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - William Blake, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Richard Seal, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Salisbury Cathedral Choristers, Choir, MainArtist

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12 12. Finale: London, to thee I do present

Monteverdi Choir 00:07:31

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Catherine Robbin, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Mark Ainsley, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Hagley, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Seal, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Francis Beaumont, Author - Salisbury Cathedral Choristers, Choir, MainArtist

℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), Op. 27 (Benjamin Britten)

13 In a garden shady

Monteverdi Choir 00:02:31

Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Gill Ross, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wystan Hugh Auden, Author - Richard Savage, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Peter Mitchell, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emma Preston-Dunlop, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Penelope Vickers, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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14 I cannot grow

Monteverdi Choir 00:01:55

Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Gill Ross, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wystan Hugh Auden, Author - Richard Savage, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Peter Mitchell, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emma Preston-Dunlop, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Penelope Vickers, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

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15 O ear whose creatures

Monteverdi Choir 00:05:19

Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Gill Ross, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wystan Hugh Auden, Author - Richard Savage, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Peter Mitchell, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emma Preston-Dunlop, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Penelope Vickers, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Five Flower Songs op.47 (Benjamin Britten)

16 1. To Daffodils

Monteverdi Choir 00:01:54

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Herrick, Author

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17 2. The Succession of the Four Sweet Months

Monteverdi Choir 00:01:48

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Herrick, Author

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18 3. Marsh Flowers

Monteverdi Choir 00:02:15

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - George Crabbe, Author

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19 4. The Evening Primrose

Monteverdi Choir 00:02:41

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Clare, Author - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist

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20 5. Ballad of Green Broom

Monteverdi Choir 00:01:50

Unknown, Author - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist

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War Requiem, Op. 66 / Requiem aeternam (Benjamin Britten)

21 Requiem aeternam

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:05:27

Tölzer Knabenchor, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 1993 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

22 What passing bells for these who die as cattle?

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:03:51

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Wilfred Owen, Author - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 1993 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

DISC 2

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae (Benjamin Britten)

1 Dies irae

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:03:57

Anonymous, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

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2 Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

Bo Skovhus 00:02:39

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Bo Skovhus, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Wilfred Owen, Author - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

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3 Liber scriptus proferetur

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:02:52

Anonymous, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Luba Orgonasova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

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4 Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death

Bo Skovhus 00:01:44

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Bo Skovhus, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Wilfred Owen, Author - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

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5 Recordare Jesu pie

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:04:34

Anonymous, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

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6 Be slowly lifted up

Bo Skovhus 00:01:46

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Bo Skovhus, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Wilfred Owen, Author - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

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7 Dies irae (II)

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:01:23

Anonymous, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

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8 Lacrimosa dies illa

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:02:06

Anonymous, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Luba Orgonasova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 1993 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

9 Move him into the sun

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:05:46

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Luba Orgonasova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Wilfred Owen, Author - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 1993 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Offertorium (Benjamin Britten)

10 Domine Jesu Christe

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:03:51

Tölzer Knabenchor, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

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11 So Abraham rose, and clave the wood

Bo Skovhus 00:05:55

Tölzer Knabenchor, Choir, MainArtist - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Skovhus, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Wilfred Owen, Author - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

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War Requiem, Op. 66 / Sanctus (Benjamin Britten)

12 Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:06:32

Anonymous, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Luba Orgonasova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

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13 After the blast of lightning from the East

Bo Skovhus 00:04:04

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Bo Skovhus, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Wilfred Owen, Author - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 1993 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Agnus Dei (Benjamin Britten)

14 One ever hangs where shelled roads part

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:03:37

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Wilfred Owen, Author - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 1993 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Libera me (Benjamin Britten)

15 Libera me, Domine

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester 00:07:19

Anonymous, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Luba Orgonasova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 1993 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

16 It seemed that out of battle I escaped

Bo Skovhus 00:09:21

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Bo Skovhus, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Wilfred Owen, Author - Dr. Peter Czornyj, Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 1993 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

17 Let us sleep now...In paradisum

Bo Skovhus 00:05:58

Tölzer Knabenchor, Choir, MainArtist - Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Luba Orgonasova, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Skovhus, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Wilfred Owen, Author - Howard Arman, Chorus Master, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - NDR Chor, Choir, MainArtist - NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 1993 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

About the album

• 2 disc(s) - 39 track(s)
• Total length: 02:24:18

• Main artists: Philharmonia Orchestra NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester John Eliot Gardiner
• Composer: Benjamin Britten
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
• Genre: Classical
• Collection: 2 CD
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

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