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Erica Jeal for Building a Library recommends the best recording of Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem.

Britten wrote the piece in 1940 at the age of 26 to mark the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Empire. It is the composer's most extensive purely orchestral work for the concert hall. And is still one of the most popular works written in Britten's earlier style.

Recommended recording:

Britten: Cello Symphony and Other Works

BRITTEN: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra Op. 68; Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20; Cantata Misericordium Op. 69

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), English Chamber Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor)

DECCA E4251002

Other recommended recordings:

Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Erica also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.

London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, Richard Hickox (conductor)

CHANDOS CHAN8983 (2CD)

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)

TELARC SACD60677 (Hybrid SACD)

London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford (conductor)

NAXOS 8557196 (CD)

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