Britten: War Requiem 1962

Susan 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, directed by Paul McCreesh

Britten: War Requiem 1962

Following their acclaimed recordings of Berlioz's Grande Messe des Morts and Mendelssohn's Elijah, Paul McCreesh has once again assembled the mass forces of Gabrieli Consort & Players and Wroclaw Phiharmonic Choir to record one of the iconic masterpieces of the twentieth-century oratorio repertoire.
The work reflects Britten's long-held and committed pacifist beliefs. Composed to mark the consecration of a new Cathedral in Coventry, Britten combines the Latin text of the Missa pro Defunctis with nine poems by the First World War poet Wilfred Owen, which provide a moving (and frequently uncomfortable) commentary on the liturgical text.

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