The premiere of Requiem, Andrew Lloyd Webber's pivotal and most personal of compositions took place on February 24th 1985, before one thousand specially invited guests at St. Thomas' 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 U.S.

Requiem is conducted by Lorin Maazel, with soloists Placido Domingo, Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston, together with the choirs of Winchester Cathedral and St. Thomas' Church, and the orchestra of St. Luke's. This newly re-mastered recording is personally introduced by Andrew Lloyd Webber.