Britten: War Requiem – review

Cvilak/Bostridge/Noseda/Keenlyside/LSO and Chorus/Choir of Eltham College (LSO Live, 2CDs)Released to mark the 50th anniversary of the War Requiem's premiere, this was recorded during a series of Barbican concerts last autumn. The conductor is Gianandrea Noseda, whose understanding of the relationship between ritual devotion and political anger in Britten's great pacifist statement is marvellously acute, and who also brings a strong sense of Italianate lyricism to bear on the score, reminding u...

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