Benjamin Britten
War Requiem Lyrics
Disc 1
- War Requiem: I. Requiem aeternam - Requiem aeternam
- War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: “Requiem aeternam”
- I. Requiem Aeternam - Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine
- War Requiem: Requiem aeternam
- War Requiem, Op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam
- War Requiem, Op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: Requiem Aeternam
- War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: “What passing bells for these who die as cattle?”
- War Requiem: Dies irae
- I. Requiem Aeternam - What passing bells for these who die as cattle?
- War Requiem op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: “What passing‐bells for these who die as cattle?”
- War Requiem, Op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: What Passing-Bells for These Who Die as Cattle?
- War Requiem: I. Requiem aeternam - What passing-bells, Tenor
- War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies Irae
- War Requiem: I. Requiem aeternam - Kyrie eleison, Chorus
- War Requiem: Offertorium
- War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Dies irae, dies illa
- War Requiem, Op. 66: III. Offertorium
- War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: “Dies irae” I
- War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Dies Irae
- II. Dies Irae - Dies irae, dies illa
- War Requiem op. 66: II. Dies irae: “Bugles sang, saddening the evening air”
- War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Bugles Sang
- II. Dies Irae - Bugles sang, saddening the evening air
- War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Dies irae, dies illa, Chorus
- II. Dies Irae - Liber scriptus proferetur
- War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Liber Scriptus Proferetur
- War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Dugles sang, Baritone
- War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: “Liber scriptus proferetur”
- War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Out There
- War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Liber scriptus proferetur, Soprano, Chorus
- War Requiem op. 66: II. Dies irae: “Out there, we’ve walked quite friendly up to Death”
- II. Dies Irae - Out there we've walked quite friendly up to Death
- War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Recordare Jesu Pie
- II. Dies Irae - recordare Jesu pie
- War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Out there, Tenor, Baritone
- War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: “Recordare Jesu pie”
- War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Be slowly lifted up
- War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: “Be slowly lifted up”
- War Requiem op. 66: II. Dies irae: “Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm”
- War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Recordare Jesu pie, Chorus
- II. Dies Irae - Conftatis maledictis
- War Requiem: II. Dies irae - De slowly lifted up, Baritone
- War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: “Dies irae” II
- II. Dies Irae - Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm
- War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Dies irae, dies illa, Chorus, Soprano
- War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Lacrimosa dies illa
- II. Dies Irae - Lacrimosa dies illa
- War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: “Lacrimosa dies illa”
- III. Offertorium - Domine Jesu Christe
- War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Lacrimosa, Chorus
- War Requiem op. 66: II. Dies irae: “Move him into the sun” / Lacrimosa
- War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae: Move Him Into the Sun
- War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: “Move him into the sun”
- War Requiem, op. 66: III. Offertorium: “Domine Jesu Christe”
- War Requiem, Op. 66: III. Domine Jesu Christe
- III. Offertorium - Quam olim Abrahae
- War Requiem: II. Dies irae - Pie Jesu Domine, Chorus
- War Requiem op. 66: III. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe
- War Requiem: III. Offertorium - Domine Jesu Christe, Boy's Choir
- War Requiem op. 66: III. Offertorium: “So Abram rose, and clave the wood” / Hostias
- War Requiem, op. 66: III. Offertorium: “So Abram rose, and clave the wood”
- War Requiem, Op. 66: III. So Abram Rose
- III. Offertorium - So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went
- War Requiem: III. Offertorium - Sed signifer sanctus Michael, Chorus
- War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
- III. Offertorium - Reprise of Quam olim Abrahae
- IV. Sanctus - Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus
- War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. After the Blast of Lightning
- War Requiem: III. Offertorium - So Abraham rose, Baritone, Tenor
- War Requiem: III. Offertorium - Quam olim Abrahae promisisti, Chorus
- War Requiem, Op. 66: V. Agnus dei: One Ever Hangs
- IV. Sanctus - After the blast of lightning from the East
- V. Agnus Dei - One ever hangs where shelled roads part... Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi
- War Requiem: IV. Sanctus - Sanctus, Soprano, Chorus
- War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera me: Libera me, Domine
- War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera me: It Seemed That Out of Battle I Escaped
- War Requiem: IV. Sanctus - Hosanna - Benedictus - Hosanna, Chorus, Soprano
- VI. Libera me - Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna
- War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera me: Let us sleep now/ In paradisum
- War Requiem: IV. Sanctus - After the blast, Baritone
- VI. Libera me - It seemed that out of battle I escaped
- VI. Libera me - 'None' said the other 'save the undone years'
- VI. Libera me - Let us sleep now... n paradisum decudant angeli
Disc 2
- War Requiem op. 66: IV. Sanctus: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth
- War Requiem: Sanctus
- War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus: “Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus”
- War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. Sanctus
- War Requiem, Op. 66: V. Agnus dei: One Ever Hangs
- War Requiem op. 66: IV. Sanctus: “After the blast of lightning from the East”
- War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera me: Libera me, Domine
- War Requiem: Agnus Dei
- War Requiem, Op. 66: V. Agnus Dei
- War Requiem op. 66: V. Agnus Dei: “One ever hangs where shelled roads part” / Agnus Dei
- War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera me
- War Requiem, op. 66: V. Agnus Dei: “One ever hangs where shelled roads part”
- War Requiem: Libera me
- War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera me: It Seemed That Out of Battle I Escaped
- War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: “Libera me, Domine”
- War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera me: Let us sleep now/ In paradisum
- Rehearsing War Requiem: Requiem Aeternam
- War Requiem op. 66: VI. Libera me: “It seemed that out of battle I escaped”
- War Requiem op. 66: VI. Libera me: “Let us sleep now” / In paradisum
- War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: “Let us sleep now”…“In Paradisum”
- Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies Irae: Rehearsal of the opening section
- Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies Irae: Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (via her interpreter), then between John Culshaw and Galina Vishnevskaya
- Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies Irae: Rehearsal of end of movement
- Rehearsing War Requiem: Offertorium
- Rehearsing War Requiem: Sanctus
- Rehearsing War Requiem: Sanctus: Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya
- Rehearsing War Requiem: Agnus Dei: Discussion in the control room between Britten, Peter Pears and John Culshaw
- Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera Me: Discussion in the control room between Britten and John Culshaw
- Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera Me
- Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera Me: Rehearsal of closing page