On the (near) eve of the U.S. release Antonio Pappano's recording of Britten's War Requiem (November 19), we can hear the entire performance online at NPR for about a week. The soloists are Anna Netrebko, Ian Bostridge, Thomas Hampson. Pappano leads the Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. (Thanks to Mr. Hampson for the heads-up.)
Meanwhile, the Mariss Jansons recording with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, the Tölzer Boys Choir, soprano Emily Magee, tenor Mark Padmore, and baritone Christian Gerhaher is available now. And you can download it from Amazon.com for less than six bucks!
Update: Thanks to Stray (see below)
we also have a link to a recent Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcast.
Soloists are Tatiana Pavlovskaya, John Mark
Ainsley, and Matthias Goerne, with Charles Dutoit conducting. The BSO
Media Center is a super resource, with lots of great information, videos, broadcasts and
podcasts, including an 11-minute video that offers background on Britten and
the War Requiem.
