War Requiem / Spring Symphony / Five Flower Songs / Hymn to St. Cecilia

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part I: Introduction: "Shine out, fair sun" (Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  8:38
• 2
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part I: The Merry Cuckoo (Tenor)

  Benjamin Britten
  1:55
• 3
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part I: Spring, the Sweet Spring (Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  1:41
• 4
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part I: The Driving Boy (Children's Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  1:50
• 5
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part I: The Morning Star (Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:59
• 6
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part II: Welcome Maids of Honour (Contralto)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:35
• 7
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part II: Waters Above! (Tenor)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:27
• 8
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part II: Out on the Lawn I Lie in Bed (Alto, Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  5:50
• 9
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part III: When Will My May Come (Tenor)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:25
• 10
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part III: Fair and Fair (Soprano, Tenor)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:15
• 11
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part III: Sound the Flute! (Chorus, Children's Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  1:21
• 12
  Spring Symphony, op. 44, Part IV: Finale: "London, to Thee I Do Present" (Tenor, Contralto, Soprano, Chorus, Children's Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  7:41
• 13
  Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: I. In a garden shady

  Benjamin Britten
  2:30
• 14
  Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: II. I cannot grow

  Benjamin Britten
  1:55
• 15
  Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: II. O ear whose creatures

  Benjamin Britten
  5:24
• 16
  Five Flower Songs op. 47: 1. To Daffodils

  Benjamin Britten
  1:55
• 17
  Five Flower Songs op. 47: 2. The Succession of the Four Sweet Months

  Benjamin Britten
  1:49
• 18
  Five Flower Songs op. 47: 3. Marsh Flowers

  Benjamin Britten
  2:15
• 19
  Five Flower Songs op. 47: 4. The Evening Primrose

  Benjamin Britten
  2:42
• 20
  Five Flower Songs op. 47: 5. Ballad of Green Broom

  Benjamin Britten
  2:01
• 21
  War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: Requiem aeternam (Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  5:27
• 22
  War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: "What passing bells for these who die as cattle?" (Tenor)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:53
• CD 2
• 1
  War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies Irae: Dies irae, dies illa (Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:57
• 2
  War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies Irae: "Bugles sang, saddening the evening air" (Baritone)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:39
• 3
  War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies Irae: Liber scriptus proferetur (Soprano, Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:52
• 4
  War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies Irae: "Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death" (Tenor, Baritone)

  Benjamin Britten
  1:44
• 5
  War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies Irae: Recordare Jesu pie (Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  4:34
• 6
  War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies Irae: "Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm" (Baritone)

  Benjamin Britten
  1:46
• 7
  War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies Irae: Dies irae, dies illa (Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  1:23
• 8
  War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies Irae: Lacrimosa dies illa (Soprano, Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:06
• 9
  War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies Irae: "Move him into the sun" / Lacrimosa (Tenor/Soprano, Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  5:51
• 10
  War Requiem, op. 66: III. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe (Boys' Choir)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:51
• 11
  War Requiem, op. 66: III. Offertorium: "So Abram rose, and clave the wood" / Hostias (Baritone, Tenor/Boys' Choir)

  Benjamin Britten
  6:02
• 12
  War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth (Soprano, Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  6:33
• 13
  War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus: "After the blast of lightning from the East" (Baritone)

  Benjamin Britten
  4:10
• 14
  War Requiem, op. 66: V. Agnus Dei: "One ever hangs where shelled roads part" / Agnus Dei (Tenor / Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:42
• 15
  War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: Libera me, Domine (Chorus, Soprano)

  Benjamin Britten
  7:19
• 16
  War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: "It seemed that out of battle I escaped" (Tenor, Baritone)

  Benjamin Britten
  9:23
• 17
  War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: "Let us sleep now" / In paradisum (Baritone, Tenor/Boys' Choir, Chorus, Soprano)

  Benjamin Britten
  5:58

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Release credits

• Alison Hagley
  soprano vocals [3, 10, 12]
• Anthony Rolfe Johnson
  tenor vocals [2.4, 2.9, 2.11, 2.14, 2.16-17, 1.22]
• Bo Skovhus
  baritone vocals [2, 4, 6, 11, 13, 16-17]
• Catherine Robbin
  alto vocals [3, 6, 8, 12]
• Dr. Peter Czornyj
  executive [1.21-22, 2.1-17]
• Emma Preston Dunlop
  soprano vocals [13-20]
• Gerhard Schmidt‐Gaden
  chorus master [1.21, 2.10-11, 2.17]
• Gernot von Schultzendorff
  balance [1-20]
• Gill Ross
  soprano vocals [13-20]
• Jobst Eberhardt
  recording [1.21-22, 2.1-17]
• John Mark Ainsley
  tenor vocals [2-3, 7, 9-10, 12]
• Jürgen Bulgrin
  recording [1.21-22, 2.1-17]
• Jürgen Lamke
  organ [1.21-22, 2.1-17]
• Karl-August Naegler
  producer [1.21-22, 2.1-17]
• Monteverdi Choir
  choir vocals [1.1-3, 1.5-22, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-12, 2.14-15, 2.17]
• NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
  performing orchestra [1.21-22, 2.1-17]
• NDR Vokalensemble
  choir vocals [1.21-22, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-12, 2.14-15, 2.17]
• Nicholas Parker
  producer [1-20]
• Penelope Vickers
  alto vocals [13-20]
• Peter Mitchell
  tenor vocals [13-20]
• Philharmonia Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-12]
• Rainer Höpfner
  recording [2.1-17, 1.21-22]
• Reinhard Lagemann
  recording [1-20]
• Richard Savage
  bass vocals [13-20]
• Richard Seal
  chorus master [4, 11-12]
• Roger Wright
  executive [1-20]
• Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers
  choir vocals [4, 11-12]
• Salisbury Cathedral Girls Choir
  choir vocals [4, 11-12]
• Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  conductor
• Stephan Flock
  recording [1-20]
• Tölzer Knabenchor
  choir vocals [1.21, 2.10-11, 2.17]
• Ulrich Vette
  balance [1.21-22, 2.1-17]
• Ľuba Orgonášová
  soprano vocals [3, 8-9, 12, 15, 17]
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  War Requiem / Spring Symphony / Five Flower Songs / Hymn to St. Cecilia

  2x CD
  1 February 2002