Andrew Lloyd Webber Requiem (1986)

The premiere of Requiem Andrew Lloyd Webbers pivotal and most personal of compositions took place on February 24 1985 before one thousand specially invited guests at St Thomass Episcopal Church New York Requiem won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition and the accompanying album reached number one in the Billboard charts in the US Requiem is conducted by Lorin Maazel with soloists Placido Domingo Sarah Brightman and Paul MilesKingston together with the choirs of Winchester Cathedral and St Thomas and the orchestra of St Lukes