Benjamin Britten: War Requiem op.66
War Requiem op.66
Anthony Dean Griffey, Mark Stone, Evelina Dobraceva, Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
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- Tonformat: stereo & multichannel (Hybrid)
- Künstler: Evelina Dobraceva, Anthony Dean Griffey, Mark Stone, Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
- Label: Challenge, DDD, 2011
- Bestellnummer: 4918583
- Erscheinungstermin: 18.4.2012
Jaap van Zwedens eindringliche Deutung von Brittens »War Requiem«
Am 30. Mai 2012 jährte sich zum 50. Mal die Uraufführung von Brittens Musikprotest gegen den Krieg. Ein denkwürdiges Konzert dieses Werkes fand unter der Leitung von Jaap van Zweden im Mai 2011 im niederländischen Utrecht statt, welches nun als Live-Mitschnitt auf SACD vorliegt. Eine Aufführung von Weltklasse!
The cathedral in Coventry was almost entirely destroyed during a German air raid in 1940, with only the outer walls, bell tower and tomb of the first bishop remaining intact. These were preserved as a memorial. In the 1950s, the decision was made to incorporate the ruins in a new building. The first stone was laid by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956. and the new cathedral opened on May 25, 1962. Five days later, it was musically inaugurated with Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, in a performance broadcast live by the BBC.
At the time, Britten was probably the only British composer able to strike a collective chord with his countrymen – even though in his operas, he always sided with eccentrics and outcasts. As a pacifist and homosexual, he had been personally familiar with the conflict between the individual and establishment since the 1930s. Yet Britten was not a political activist, for he was decidedly a member of a generation that held its peace when confronted with the dark aspects of community, Family or the military. Artistically, however, Britten was an activist, as Witness his antithetical heroes: Peter Grimes, Albert Herring, Billy Bud and Owen Wingrave. At times, his political message was so encoded that it seemed like a message in a bottle for a better future.
Britten's musical protest to war is very profound and impressive and a memorable concert of this piece took place in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in May 2011. This was recorded on Challenge Classics with Jaap Van Zweden and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
(challengerecords. com)
Am 30. Mai 2012 jährte sich zum 50. Mal die Uraufführung von Brittens Musikprotest gegen den Krieg. Ein denkwürdiges Konzert dieses Werkes fand unter der Leitung von Jaap van Zweden im Mai 2011 im niederländischen Utrecht statt, welches nun als Live-Mitschnitt auf SACD vorliegt. Eine Aufführung von Weltklasse!
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The cathedral in Coventry was almost entirely destroyed during a German air raid in 1940, with only the outer walls, bell tower and tomb of the first bishop remaining intact. These were preserved as a memorial. In the 1950s, the decision was made to incorporate the ruins in a new building. The first stone was laid by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956. and the new cathedral opened on May 25, 1962. Five days later, it was musically inaugurated with Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, in a performance broadcast live by the BBC.
At the time, Britten was probably the only British composer able to strike a collective chord with his countrymen – even though in his operas, he always sided with eccentrics and outcasts. As a pacifist and homosexual, he had been personally familiar with the conflict between the individual and establishment since the 1930s. Yet Britten was not a political activist, for he was decidedly a member of a generation that held its peace when confronted with the dark aspects of community, Family or the military. Artistically, however, Britten was an activist, as Witness his antithetical heroes: Peter Grimes, Albert Herring, Billy Bud and Owen Wingrave. At times, his political message was so encoded that it seemed like a message in a bottle for a better future.
Britten's musical protest to war is very profound and impressive and a memorable concert of this piece took place in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in May 2011. This was recorded on Challenge Classics with Jaap Van Zweden and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
(challengerecords. com)
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 2
- 1 War Requiem op. 66
- 2 War Requiem op. 66
- 3 War Requiem op. 66
Disk 2 von 2
- 1 War Requiem op. 66
- 2 War Requiem op. 66
- 3 War Requiem op. 66
