Britten: War Requiem, Sinfonia da Requiem, etc / Hickox, etc

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Album Summary

Performers

• Roderick Elms (Organ)
• Philip Langridge (Tenor)
• John Shirley-Quirk (Bass Baritone)
• Heather Harper (Soprano)
• Martyn Hill (Tenor)

Conductor

• Hickox, Richard

Ensembles

• London Symphony Chorus
• London Symphony Orchestra
• St. Paul's Cathedral Choir

Composer

• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)

Notes & Reviews:

Gramophone
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 heights in the 'Agnus Dei' and 'Libera me'. Both Philip Langridge and John Shirley-Quirk are at their authoritative, sensitive best - and what a joy to hear Heather Harper in the part she sang at the work's 1962 first performance.

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Britten, Benjamin : War Requiem, Op. 66

• Performers: Roderick Elms (Organ); Philip Langridge (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirk (Bass Baritone); Heather Harper (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
• Notes: St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London NW11 (02/24/1991-02/28/1991)
• Running Time: 84 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1961

Britten, Benjamin : Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London NW11 (02/24/1991-02/28/1991)
• Running Time: 21 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1940

Britten, Benjamin : Ballad of Heroes, for high voice, chorus & orchestra, Op. 14

• Performer: Martyn Hill (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus
• Notes: St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London NW11 (02/24/1991-02/28/1991)
• Running Time: 18 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1939