"My subject is War, and the pity of War. The poetry is in the pity. All a poet can do is warn." Words of Wilfred Owen combine with the traditional mass for the dead in Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. We'll hear the premiere recording, with the composer himself conducting, on this week's Choral Showcase.
Show Notes
Benjamin Britten: War Requiem
- Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano; Peter Pears, tenor; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
- Melos Ensemble
- Simon Preston, organ
- Highgate School Choir
- The Bach Choir
- London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
- Benjamin Britten, conductor