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Author Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title War requiem / Britten.

Publication Info. London : London, [1985]
℗1963

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Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  COMPACT DISC C BRIT WR    Check Shelf
Description 2 audio discs (82 min.) : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 012121
Note London: 414 383-2 (414 384-2--414 385-2).
Latin text from Missa pro defunctis ; poems by Wilfred Owen.
Sung in Latin and English.
Performer Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano ; Peter Pears, tenor ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Bach Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra Chorus ; Highgate School Boys' Choir ; Simon Preston, organ ; Melos Ensemble ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Benjamin Britten, conductor.
Event Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, January, 1963.
Note Originally released in 1963.
Ed. recorded: Boosey & Hawkes.
Compact discs; analog recording.
Program notes in English by Christopher Palmer, and text in Latin and English, both with German and French translations (57 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Contents I Requiem aeternam -- II Dies irae -- III Offertorium -- IV Sanctus -- V Agnus Dei -- VI Libera me.
Note GMD: sound recording.
Subject Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918 -- Musical settings.
Requiems.
Added Author Vishnevskai︠a︡, Galina, 1926-2012. Performer.
Pears, Peter, 1910-1986. Performer.
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012. Performer.
Preston, Simon. Performer.
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Conductor.
Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.
Bach Choir (London, England) Performer.
Highgate School. Boys' Choir. Performer.
London Symphony Orchestra. Performer.
Melos Ensemble. Performer.
London Symphony Chorus. Performer.
Added Title War requiem
Standard No. 2894143832
Music No. 414 383-2 (414 384-2, 414 385-2) London
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