Andris Nelsons leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in this 50th anniversary performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. The piece was commissioned to mark the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was built after the original fourteenth-century structure was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid in 1940. 50 years after its premiere it returns to the cathedral to be performed, as it was on its first airing, by the the City of Birmingham Orchegstra, Chorus, and Youth Chorus. The featured vocalists are Erin Wall, Mark Padmore and Hanno Müller-Brachmann.

Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer leads this live recording of J.S. Bach's oratorio at the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam in 2012. Featuring a double choir comprising the Netherlands Radio Chamber Choir and the Netherlands National Children's Choir, the programme also includes performances by tenor Mark Padmore as the Evangelist and Peter Harvey as Christ.