Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Benjamin Britten: War Requiem (1983)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 291 Mb | Total time: 85:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI | 470348 | Recorded: 1983
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 291 Mb | Total time: 85:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI | 470348 | Recorded: 1983
Rattle’s performance gives us a fascinating view of a masterpiece – we feel that he has approached the music afresh on its own terms, without being influenced by tradition. He has the advantage, as Britten did not, of a choir and orchestra with the music in their blood, so there need be no concerns on grounds of musical accuracy. His pacing of the work overall is masterly in his projection of the overall structure; the drama of earlier parts of the score such as the Dies Irae is not allowed to overshadow the final cataclysmic climax in the Libera Me, which is devastating in its power. In the Owen setting, “Strange Meeting” which follows is sung with great concentration by both Tear and Allen, emphasising as Britten intended the personal cost of conflict and its futility. If the final In Paradisum does not come as the overwhelming peroration that it can do in some performances, Rattle appears to be aware that not all the questions have been answered, and the final F major chorus brings a sense of unease, a lack of resolution, that is not inappropriate.
Performer:
Elisabeth Söderström, soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
Sir Thomas Allen, baritone
Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
CBSO Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Tracklist:
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
War Requiem, Op. 66
CD1:
01. I. Requiem aeternam
02. II. Dies irae
03. III. Offertorium
CD2:
01. IV. Sanctus
02. V. Agnus Dei
03. VI. Libera me
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