Britten / Pappano,Antonio War Requiem CD

November 22, 2013 marks the 100th birthday of Benjamin Britten, and Warner Classics pays tribute to this key figure of 20th century music with this brand new recording of his War Requiem, featuring a superstar line up of soloists - Anna Netrebko, Ian Bostridge and Thomas Hampson - and renowned conductor Antonio Pappano leading the Orchestra, Coro e Voci Bianche Dell'accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

1. War Requiem, Op. 66, Requiem Aeternam: "Requiem Aeternam" (Childrens' Chorus) 2. War Requiem, Op. 66, Requiem Aeternam: "'What Passing Bells" (Tenor) 3. War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Dies Irae" (Chorus) 4. War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Bugles Sang" (Baritone) 5. War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Liber Scriptus" (Soprano, Semi-Chorus) 6. War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Out There, We Walked Quite Friendly Up to Death" (Tenor, Baritone) 7. War Requiem Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Recordare" (Women's Chorus) 8. War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Confutatis" (Men's Chorus) 9. War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: 'Be Slowly Lifted Up"' (Baritone) 10. War Requiem, Op. 66, Dies Irae: "Lacrimosa" (Soprano, Chorus)..."Pie Jesu Domine" (Chorus) 11. War Requiem, Op. 66, Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe (Childrens' Choir) 12. War Requiem, Op. 66, Offertorium: "Quam Olim Abrahae" (Chorus) 13. War Requiem, Op. 66, Offertorium: "Isaac and Abram" (Tenor, Baritone) - "Hostias Et Preces Tibi" (Childrens' Choir) 14. Britten: War Requiem Op. 66 XIV Offertorium: Reprise of Quam Olim Abrahae [Chorus] 15. War Requiem, Op. 66, Sanctus: "Sanctus, Hosanna and Benedictus" (Soprano, Chorus) 16. War Requiem, Op. 66, Sanctus: "After the Blast of Lightning" (Baritone) 17. War Requiem, Op. 66, Agnus Dei: "Agnus Dei" (Chorus)... "One Ever Hangs" (Chorus, Tenor) 18. War Requiem, Op. 66, Libera Me: "Libera Me" (Soprano, Chorus) 19. War Requiem, Op. 66, Libera Me: 'It Seemed That Out of Battle I Escaped" (Tenor, Baritone) 20. War Requiem, Op. 66, Libera Me: "None Said the Other'" (Tenor, Baritone) 21. War Requiem, Op. 66, Libera Me: "Let Him Sleep Now" (Tenor, Baritone)..."Requiescant in Pace" (Childrens' Choir, Chorus)