Benjamin Britten – War Requiem

Label:	London Records – A 4255
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Mono Box Set
Country:	US
Released:	1963
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Modern

Tracklist

		War Requiem, Op. 66
A1		I Requiem Aeternam
A2		II Dies Irae (Part One)
B1		II Dies Irae (Conclusion)
B2		III Offertorium
C1		IV Sanctus
C2		V Agnus Dei
D		VI Libera Me

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – The Decca Record Company Limited
Recorded At – Kingsway Hall

Credits

Baritone Vocals – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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 – 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

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. The same booklet is used for the stereo release.

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 10001

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Other (Record 1 - Catalog Number): X.5784
Other (Record 2 - Catalog Number): X.5785
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 - Label): ARL.5927
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 - Label): ARL.5928
Matrix / Runout (Side 3 - Label): ARL.5929
Matrix / Runout (Side 4 - Label): ARL.5930
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 - Runout): ARL-5927-3F C II
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 - Runout): ARL-5928-5K B
Matrix / Runout (Side 3 - Runout): ARL-5929-5K B
Matrix / Runout (Side 4 - Runout): ARL-5930-3F U II

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	War Requiem (2×LP, Mono, Box Set, )	Decca	MET 252-3, MET 252/3	UK	1963
Recently Edited	War Requiem (2×LP, Stereo, ffss Release, Autocoupled, Box Set, )	London Records	OSA 1255	US	1963
Recently Edited	War Requiem (2×LP, Stereo, EP1, Box Set, )	Decca	SET 252-3, SET 252/3	UK	1963
New Submission	War Requiem (2×LP, Stereo, Box Set, )	Decca	SET 252-3, SET 252/3	UK	1963
New Submission	War Requiem (2×LP, Stereo, Box Set, )	Decca	SET 252-3, SET 252/3	UK	1963