Benjamin Britten – War Requiem

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Label:	Decca – 475 7511
Series:	The Originals
Format:	2 x CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country:	Europe
Released:	Mar 6, 2006
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Modern

Tracklist

	War Requiem, Op. 66
	Requiem Aeternam
1-1	Requiem Aeternam	5:56
1-2	What Passing-Bells For These Who Die As Cattle?	3:32
	Dies Irae
1-3	Dies Irae	3:37
1-4	Bugles Sang	2:34
1-5	Liber Scriptus Proferetur	2:57
1-6	Out There	1:57
1-7	Recordare Jesu Pie	4:49
1-8	Be Slowly Lifted Up	1:52
1-9	Dies Irae	1:12
1-10	Lacrimosa Dies Illa	1:54
1-11	Move Him Into The Sun	4:47
	Offertorium
1-12	Domine Jesu Christe	3:31
1-13	So Abram Rose	6:07
	Sanctus
1-14	Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus	6:02
1-15	After The Blast Of Lightning	3:52
	Agnus Dei
2-1	One Ever Hangs	3:44
	Libera Me
2-2	Libera Me, Domine	7:37
2-3	It Seemed That Out Of Battle I Escaped	9:34
2-4	Let Us Sleep Now ... In Paradisum	5:37
	Rehearsing War Requiem
2-5	Requiem Aeternam: Rehearsal	7:19
2-6	Dies Irae: Rehearsal Of The Opening Section	9:46
2-7	Dies Irae: Discussion In The Control Room Between Britten And Galina Vishnevskaya (Via Her Interpreter), Then Between John Culshaw And Galina Vishnevskaya	2:04
2-8	Dies Irae: Rehearsal Of End Of Movement	4:37
2-9	Offertorium: Rehearsal	8:22
2-10	Sanctus: Rehearsal	6:15
2-11	Sanctus: Discussion In The Control Room Between Britten And Galina Vishnevskaya (Via Her Interpreter)	0:18
2-12	Agnus Dei: Discussion In The Control Room Between Britten, Peter Pears And John Culshaw	1:05
2-13	Libera Me: Discussion In The Control Room Between Britten And John Culshaw	1:11
2-14	Libera Me: Rehearsal	5:20
2-15	Libera Me: Rehearsal Of Closing Page	3:17

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright © – Decca Music Group Limited
Made By – EDC, Germany – 51699554
Made By – EDC, Germany – 51698800
Published By – Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
Recorded At – Kingsway Hall
Remastered At – AudioEdit, London

Credits

Baritone Vocals – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Choir – Highgate School Choir*, The Bach Choir
Chorus – London Symphony Orchestra Chorus*
Chorus Master [Bach Choir], Chorus Master [LSO Chorus] – David Willcocks
Chorus Master [Highgate] – Edward Chapman
Composed By – Benjamin Britten
Conductor – Benjamin Britten
Engineer – Kenneth Wilkinson
Libretto By [Poems] – Wilfred Owen
Liner Notes – Christopher Palmer, Donald Mitchell (2)
Liner Notes [Deutsche Übersetzung] – Gerd Uekermann
Liner Notes [Rehearsal Tapes] – Donald Mitchell (2)
Liner Notes [Traduction Française] – N. Lesieur*
Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble*
Organ – Simon Preston
Photography By [1914-1918 War] – Hulton Getty
Photography By [Benjamin Britten] – Decca (2)
Photography By [Wilfred Owen] – John Gunston
Producer – John Culshaw
Remastered By, Edited By [Re-Editing] – Phil Rowlands, Tim Handley
Soprano Vocals – Galina Vishnevskaya
Supervised By [Remastering Supervised By] – James Lock (2)
Tenor Vocals – Peter Pears
Transferred By [96kHz 24-bit Transfers From Analogue Masters] – Paschal Byrne
Translated By [Libretto Into German] – Gerd Uekermann
Translated By [Libretto into French] – N. Lesieur*

Notes

Recording: Kingsway Hall, London, 3-5, 7, 8 & 10 January 1963.
℗ 1963, 1999 Decca Music Group Limited
© 2006 Decca Music Group Limited

Includes 60-page booklet.
Chamber organ built by Noel Mander.

Dedication: In loving memory of : Roger Burney, Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve; Piers Dunkerley, Captain, Royal Marines; David Gill, Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy; Michael Halliday, Lieutenant, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

Latin text from Missa pro defunctis (Mass for the dead).
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes

Originally released as Decca cat# SET 252/3, 1963.

Made in the EU.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 028947575115
Rights Society: BIEM / SABAM
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): 00289 475 751-2 01 ✳ 51699554 [4 x Universal logo]
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV26
Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 0122
Other (Inner ring Disc 1): Made in Germany by EDC D
Other (Inner ring Disc 2): Made in Germany by EDC R
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): 00289 475 751-3 01 ✳ 51698800 [4 x Universal logo]
Mould SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI 0115
SPARS Code: ADD
Label Code: LC 00171
Other (Disc 1 catalog number): 475 7512
Other (Disc 2 catalog number): 475 7513

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	War Requiem (2×LP, Mono, Box Set, )	Decca, Decca	MET 252-3, MET 252/3	UK	1963
	War Requiem (2×LP, Stereo, ffss Release, Autocoupled, Box Set, Album)	London Records	OSA 1255	US	1963
Recently Edited	War Requiem (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Ed 1, Box Set, )	Decca, Decca	SET 252-3, SET 252/3	UK	1963
	War Requiem (2×LP, Mono, Box Set, Album)	London Records	A 4255	US	1963
New Submission	War Requiem (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Box Set, )	Decca, Decca	SET 252-3, SET 252/3	UK	1963

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Reviews

DavidRoberts. Dec 23, 2021
Much care appears to have been taken to obtain this excellent digital transfer from the original analogue master tapes. The stereo depth of field is deep, and the separate ensemble imagery is wide with no congestion in the tutti sections: percussion is particularly well-served. If you have to buy a digital version of this recording, this one is highly recommended.