Recorded on 7 November 2013 in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall at the Royal College of Music in London.

john-wilson-rcm-britten-2013Above John: I Lacrymosa 00:00 / II Dies Irae 09:22 / III Requiem Aeternam 14:56.


A passionate expression of the composer’s pacifism, penned amid the conflict of 1940, Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem is also a memorial to his parents. A powerful and enduring work, one of Britten’s most abiding from the earlier part of his career.




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