Le lac des fées (Auber, Daniel François Esprit). For Piano 4 hands (Schultze). Overture. Arrangements and Transcriptions. Vocal soloists, Chorus, Orchestra. Romantic.
For the "War Requiem, " Britten assembled a large orchestra, a smaller chamber orchestra, two organs, three vocalsoloists, a chorus and a boys' choir (positioned at a distance, with a portable organ or harmonium).
It was operatic in its dramatic arc, yet also communal in the way that the excellent soloists, each with a different personality and vocal character, seemingly chosen to match that of their arias, stepped out of the choir for solos and then merged back into it.