War Requiem

Benjamin Britten · 1963

81 min · 19 tracks · classical · opera · symphony

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War Requiem is an album by Benjamin Britten, released in 1963. Rooted in classical · opera · symphony. Here's what makes it worth your time and what to listen to next.

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War Requiem is a classical, opera and symphony album by Benjamin Britten, released in 1963.

How many songs are on War Requiem?

War Requiem has 19 tracks, running approximately 81 minutes.

Tracklist

19 tracks·81:21

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Disc 1

1 War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: Requiem aeternam 5:57
2 War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: What passing bells for these who die as cattle? 3:38
3 War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Dies irae 3:37
4 War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Bugles sang, saddening the evening air 2:34
5 War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Liber scriptus proferetur 2:57
6 War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death 1:57
7 War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Recordare Jesu pie 4:30
8 War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Be slowly lifted up 2:10
9 War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Confutatis 1:11
10 War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Lacrimosa dies illa 1:54
11 War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Move him into the sun 4:50
12 War Requiem, op. 66: III. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe 3:30
13 War Requiem, op. 66: III. Offertorium: So Abram rose, and clave the wood 6:08

Disc 2

1 War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus 6:06
2 War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus: After the blast of lightning from the East 3:50
3 War Requiem, op. 66: V. Agnus Dei: One ever hangs where shelled roads part 3:40
4 War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: Libera me, Domine 7:36
5 War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: It seemed that out of battle I escaped 9:33
6 War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: Let us sleep now / In Paradisum 5:33