MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: War Requiem (complete with libretto)

"Gardiner seems intent above all to lay before us the work's musical attributes, so we marvel anew at its taut construction, variety of invention, security of structure, and at Britten's unerring sense of timing and ability to forge poems and ritual, huge forces and chamber ensemble, into a single unified concept. It is a unique achievement here made manifest by one of the most perceptive interpreters of the day." Gramophone, reviewing the War Requiem