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Author Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title War requiem / Benjamin Britten.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Washington Chorus, [1999]

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 Talbott Media  CD 12633v    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 2 audio discs (82 min., 11 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 012211
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording
Note Texts from the Missa pro defunctis interspersed with poems by Wilfred Owen.
Performer Christine Goerke, soprano; Richard Clement, tenor; Richard Stilwell, baritone; Shenandoah Conservatory Choir; Maryland Boy Choir; Washington Chorus and Orchestra; Robert Shafer, conductor.
Event Recorded live at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., Apr. 14, 1995.
Note Compact discs.
Program notes, biographical notes on the performers, and texts with English translation of Latin portion (28 p.) inserted in container.
Contents Disc 1. Requiem aeternam (9:44) ; Dies irae (26:08) ; Offertorium (10:04) -- Disc 2. Sanctus (10:18) ; Agnus Dei (3:56) ; Libera me (22:01).
Language Sung in English and Latin.
Genre/Form Requiems.
Requiems.
Subject Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918 -- Musical settings.
Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.
Genre/Form Musical settings.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Musical settings.
Added Author Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.
Goerke, Christine, performer.
Clement, Richard, performer.
Stilwell, Richard, performer.
Shafer, Robert, 1946- conductor.
Shenandoah Conservatory. Choir, performer.
Maryland Boy Choir, performer.
Washington Chorus (Washington, D.C.), performer.
Washington Orchestra (Washington, D.C.), performer.
Standard No. 611401001024
Music No. TWC 3898 Washington Chorus