Benjamin Britten - War Requiem FLAC album

Tracklist

1	IV Sanctus
2	V Agnus Dei
3	War Requiem, Op. 66
4	I Requiem Aeternam
5	VI Libera Me
6	II Dies Irae (Conclusion)
7	II Dies Irae (Part One)
8	III Offertorium

Credits

• Baritone Vocals – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
• Choir – Highgate School Choir
• Chorus – Bach Choir, The, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
• Chorus Master – David Willcocks
• Chorus Master [Director Of Music Highgate School Choir] – Edward Chapman
• Composed By – Benjamin Britten
• Conductor – Benjamin Britten
• Engineer [Recording] – Kenneth Wilkinson
• Ensemble – Melos Ensemble
• Liner Notes [Commentary] – John Culshaw
• Liner Notes [Preface] – William Plomer
• Mastered By – D (tracks: A1 to A2), E (tracks: B1 to D)
• Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra
• Organ – Simon Preston
• Photography By – Ilse Buhs, Lotte Meitner-Graf
• Producer [Recording] – John Culshaw
• Soprano Vocals – Galina Vishnevskaya
• Technician [Chamber Organ Built By] – Noel Mander
• Tenor Vocals – Peter Pears
• Words By [Poems] – Wilfred Owen

• Baritone Vocals – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
• Choir – Highgate School Choir, The Bach Choir
• Chorus – London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
• Chorus Master [Bach Choir, LSO Chorus] – David Willcocks
• Chorus Master [Highgate School Choir] – Edward Chapman
• Composed By, Conductor – Benjamin Britten
• Engineer [Recording] – Kenneth Wilkinson
• Ensemble – Melos Ensemble
• Liner Notes [Preface] – William Plomer
• Lyrics By [Poems] – Wilfred Owen
• Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra
• Organ – Simon Preston
• Photography By – Ilse Buhs, Lotte Meitner-Graf
• Producer [Recording], Liner Notes [Commentary] – John Culshaw
• Soprano Vocals – Galina Vishnevskaya
• Technician [Chamber Organ Built By] – Noel Mander
• Tenor Vocals – Peter Pears

Notes

Label variation -- black labels, with framed London and ffrr & ear logos at top, with "stereophonic" banner.

Records are auto-coupled: Sides 1 & 4 on Record One and Sides 2 & 3 on Record Two.

Includes a 16-page 12" booklet with liner notes and sung texts

Words from 'Missa pro Defunctis' sung in Latin.

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

The portrait of Wildred Owens from the collection of Mr. Harold Owen.

The poems reproduced in the text of the requiem by kind permission of the publishers, Chatto & Windus Limited and Mr. Harold Owen.

Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London on January 3rd 4th 5th 7th 8th and 10th 1963.
(on center-labels and on box: full frequency range recording; ffrr)

© 1963, The Decca Record Company Limited, London
Exclusive U.S. Agents
London Records, Inc., New York, N.Y.

Made in England by the Decca Record Co. Ltd.

London Records
539 W. 25th St.
New York, NY 10001Original grooved wide band purple labels with "Original recording By.." at 10 o'clock
Labelography code: EP1
Recording First Published 1963
Recorded on 3-5, 7, 8 & 10 January 1963
Includes a 16-page 12" booklet with liner notes and sung texts
Mono version released with catalog# MET 252-3 / MET 252/3

Barcodes

• Other (Record 1 Catalog# on label): SET.252
• Other (Record 2 Catalog# on label): SET.253
• Matrix / Runout (Side A (stamped)): ZAL-5927
• Matrix / Runout (Side B (stamped)): ZAL-5928
• Matrix / Runout (Side C (stamped)): ZAL-5929
• Matrix / Runout (Side D (stamped)): ZAL-5930

• Other (Record 1 - Catalog Number): OS 25784
• Other (Record 2 - Catalog Number): OS 25785
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 - Label): ZAL 5927
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 - Label): ZAL 5928
• Matrix / Runout (Side 3 - Label): ZAL 5929
• Matrix / Runout (Side 4 - Label): ZAL 5930

Companies

• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Recorded At – Kingsway Hall

• Recorded At – Kingsway Hall
• Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd.