Live from the Royal Albert
Hall, London, this performance of Benjamin Britten 's epic choral work forms the climax of the LSO's Festival of Britten held over recent weeks in London. The Requiem, which sets the Latin Mass for the Dead alongside the First World War poetry of Wilfred Owen , is conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich , a close friend and collaborator of the composer.
Soloists are the Bolshoi's star soprano, Makvala Kasrashvili , and British singers
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) and Bryn Terfel (baritone). The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus join forces with the Choristers of St Paul's
Cathedral. Introduced by Michael Berkeley. Director Peter Maniura