巴哈合唱團、倫敦交響合唱團、海格學院合唱團
☆布列頓指揮/倫敦交響樂團暨梅洛斯合奏團
1940年11月14日,英格蘭考文垂大教堂因納粹空襲被夷為平地,戰後1956年由當時英女皇伊麗莎白二世象徵性埋下基石,於舊教堂廢墟旁開始重建,1962年始落成。布列頓接受委託創作於教堂啟用典禮上演出,布列頓以拉丁文安魂曲
文本插入九首英國反戰詩人威爾弗雷德‧歐文於戰壕下所寫的悲慘詩文,題名《
戰爭安魂曲》。
《戰爭安魂曲》於1962年5月30日於新考文垂大教堂首演,作品編制相當大,布列頓安排一個大型交響樂團及一個室內管弦樂團、三名獨唱家、混聲合唱團、兒童合唱團等。布列頓原先安排三名獨唱家國籍分別代表俄國(薇許涅夫絲卡雅)、德國(費雪-狄斯考)及英國(皮爾斯),但是俄國拒絕讓女高音出席,於是在首演前兩週臨時換成北愛爾蘭女高音哈波。’
1963年1月3-10日,DECCA將戰爭安魂曲帶進錄音室,由DECCA夢幻團隊,製作人John Culshaw與錄音師Kenneth Wilkinson,女高音換回布列頓原先指定薇許涅夫絲卡雅,樂團由考文垂升級為英國最好的倫敦交響樂團,打造出夢幻陣容。發行之後反應相當好,優異的發燒等級錄音,最權威的作曲家親自指揮一年內就達到六位數的銷售成績,以當代作品來說實屬罕見。
為紀念《戰爭安魂曲》問世60週年,DECCA公司以原始母帶重新轉錄,以3片LP及2片SACD兩種方式限量豪華發行。LP由艾比路錄音室資深刻片師Miles Showell以半速精工刻片,180g黑膠壓片,SACD為24bit高音質。並附上1963年首版小冊的複印本,布列頓排練錄音等。
【曲目】
Hybrid SACD 1
I. Requiem aeternam
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a. Requiem aeternam Chorus
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b. What Passing Bells for These who die as Cattle? Tenor
II. Dies irae
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a. Dies irae Chorus
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b. Bugles Sang, Saddening the Evening Air Baritone
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c. Liber Scriptus Soprano
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d. Out there, We've Walked quite Friendly up to Death Tenor & Baritone
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e. Recordare Jesu pie Chorus
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f. Be Slowly Lifted Up Baritone
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g. Dies irae Chorus
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h. Lacrimosa dies illa Soprano & Chorus
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i. Move Him into the Sun Tenor
III. Offertorium
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a. Domine Jesu Christe
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b. So Abram Rose, and Clave the Wood
IV. Sanctus
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a. Sanctus Soprano & Chorus
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b. After the Blast of Lightning from the East Baritone
V. Agnus Dei
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One ever Hangs Where Shelled Roads Part Tenor & chorus
VI. Libera me
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a. Libera me, Domine Chorus
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b. It Seemed that out of Battle I Escaped Tenor
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c. Let Us Sleep Now ... In Paradisum Baritone, Tenor, Boys, Soprano & Chorus
HYBRID SACD2
Rehearsing War Requiem*
These recordings were made using the courtesy microphone by the conductor’s Podium and a microphone in the producer’s control room. Hence the sound is mono.
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Requiem aeternam Rehearsal
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Dies irae Rehearsal of the opening section
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Dies irae Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (via her interpreter), then between John Culshaw and Galina Vishnevskaya
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Dies irae Rehearsal of end of movement
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Offertorium Rehearsal
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Sanctus Rehearsal
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Sanctus Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (via her interpreter)
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Agnus Dei Discussion in the control room between Britten, Peter Pears and John Culshaw
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Libera me Discussion in the control room between Britten and John Culshaw
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Libera me Rehearsal
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Libera me Rehearsal of closing page
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Closing remarks