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” Ian Bostridge has sung the War Requiem [of Benjamain Britten] no fewer than 50 times. Not only do Britten’s responses to Owen’s poetry lie deep within his consciousness, but the music, originally written for Peter Pears, also fits Bostridge’s own vocal timbre and registers like a second skin. This was an outstanding performance, from the bullet-like articulation of the rifles’ rapid rattle to the dull, plangent ache within every slowly arching phrase of Move him into the sun.”–Hilary Finch reviewing  Albert Hall performance of November 11, 2008, for the Times