Britten: War Requiem; Spring Symphony; 5 Flower Songs; Hymn to St. Cecilia – Philharmonia Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner & Benjamin Britten

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 1. Introduction: Shine out

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & Benjamin Britten

8:38

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 2. The merry cuckoo

John Mark Ainsley, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Benjamin Britten

1:55

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 3. Spring, the sweet Spring

Alison Hagley, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley & Philharmonia Orchestra

1:41

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 4. The driving boy

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Richard Seal

1:50

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 5. The morning star

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & Benjamin Britten

2:59

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 6. Welcome Maids of Honour

Catherine Robbin, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Benjamin Britten

2:36

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 7. Waters above!

John Mark Ainsley, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Benjamin Britten

2:28

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed

Catherine Robbin, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

5:50

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 9. When will my May come

John Mark Ainsley, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Benjamin Britten

2:26

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 10. Fair and fair

Alison Hagley, John Mark Ainsley, Philharmonia Orchestra & John Eliot Gardiner

2:16

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 11. Sound the flute!

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

1:22

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 12. Finale: London, to thee I do present

John Mark Ainsley, Catherine Robbin, Alison Hagley & Philharmonia Orchestra

7:32

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Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), Op. 27: In a garden shady

Gill Ross & Peter Mitchell

2:31

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Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), Op. 27: I cannot grow

Gill Ross & Peter Mitchell

1:56

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Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), Op. 27: O ear whose creatures

Gill Ross & Peter Mitchell

5:20

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Britten: Five Flower Songs op.47: 1. To Daffodils

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & Benjamin Britten

1:55

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Britten: Five Flower Songs op.47: 2. The Succession of the Four Sweet Months

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & Benjamin Britten

1:49

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Britten: Five Flower Songs op.47: 3. Marsh Flowers

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & Benjamin Britten

2:15

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Britten: Five Flower Songs op.47: 4. The Evening Primrose

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & Benjamin Britten

2:42

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Britten: Five Flower Songs op.47: 5. Ballad of Green Broom

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & Benjamin Britten

1:52

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Requiem aeternam: Requiem aeternam

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & NDR Chor

5:28

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Requiem aeternam: What passing bells for these who die as cattle?

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

3:54

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Dies irae (I)

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & NDR Chor

3:58

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

Bo Skovhus, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner & Benjamin Britten

2:40

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Liber scriptus proferetur

Luba Orgonasova, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

2:53

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Bo Skovhus, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester & John Eliot Gardiner

1:45

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Recordare Jesu pie

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & NDR Chor

4:35

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Be slowly lifted up

Bo Skovhus, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner & Benjamin Britten

1:47

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Dies irae (II)

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir & NDR Chor

1:24

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Lacrimosa dies illa

Luba Orgonasova, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

2:07

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Move him into the sun

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Luba Orgonasova, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester & John Eliot Gardiner

5:47

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Tölzer Knabenchor & Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

3:52

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Offertorium: So Abraham rose, and clave the wood

Bo Skovhus, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester & John Eliot Gardiner

5:58

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Sanctus: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

Luba Orgonasova, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

6:34

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Sanctus: After the blast of lightning from the East

Bo Skovhus, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner & Benjamin Britten

4:06

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Agnus Dei: One ever hangs where shelled roads part

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

3:37

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Libera me: Libera me, Domine

Luba Orgonasova, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

7:20

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Libera me: It seemed that out of battle I escaped

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Bo Skovhus, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester & John Eliot Gardiner

9:24

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Libera me: Let us sleep now...In paradisum

Bo Skovhus, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Luba Orgonasova & NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

5:59