Britten: War Requiem
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Beware of Amazon's MP3 download!
This is a wonderful recording indeed (though I too have reservations about Vishnevskaya's contribution).
But: I would avoid downloading it in MP3 form, since (most unusual for Amazon) the tracks do not join smoothly: when one track should smoothly connect with the next, you can almost always hear a little burp (for want of a better word) when the new track is starting. This can be annoying.
Fantastic
This is a great performance of the Requiem, probably the finest piece of its kind written during the 20th Century. In that it's conducted by Britten with singers of his choice makes it the definitive performance of this work.
What's particularly wonderful are the rehearsal tapes, which take up much of the second disc. It's a rare privilege to hear the composer tell the performers exactly what he wants from the music. Britten clearly knew what he wanted and conveyed that to the performers with grace and humor.
Highly recommended!!!!
i don/t have the cds yet, but...
they are on my list for my next order from amazon. i had this on vinyl back in those days, and *loved* it. it is a beautiful and moving work. the one star review (which occasioned me posting this) is plain *wrong*. if britten is his/her idea of noisy music, he/she is missing a lot of very good music out there. exhibiting a closed mind in public *should* be pretty embarrassing. unfortunately, it often isn/t.
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