| Description |
2 audio discs : digital, stereo, mono ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
012111 004934 |
| Medium of Performance |
soprano voice 1 tenor voice 1 baritone voice 1 mixed chorus 1 children's chorus 1 organ 1 orchestra 1 4 3 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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mono |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Decca: 414 383-2 (460 817-2--460 818-2). |
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Latin text from Missa pro defunctis; English poems by Wilfred Owen. |
| Performer |
Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano ; Peter Pears, tenor ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Bach Choir ; London Symphony Orchestra Chorus ; Highgate School Choir ; Simon Preston, organ ; Melos Ensemble ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Benjamin Britten, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1963 January 3-10 Kingsway Hall, London. |
| Note |
Ed. recorded: Boosey & Hawkes. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Analog recording; digitally remastered, with noise reduction. |
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Program notes by Christopher Palmer in English with French and German translations, notes on the rehearsal extracts by Donald Mitchell in English, and text in Latin and English with German and French translations (57 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
War requiem (1:21:11) -- Rehearsal extracts (49:34). |
| Language |
Sung in Latin and English. |
| Subject |
Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918 -- Musical settings.
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Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918. |
| Genre/Form |
Musical settings.
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| Subject |
Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918 -- Arreglos. |
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Requiems.
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Requiems. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Requiems.
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Requiems.
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Musical settings.
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| Added Author |
Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918, author.
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Vishnevskai͡a, Galina, 1926-2012, singer.
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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, singer.
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Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012, singer.
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Preston, Simon, instrumentalist.
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Palmer, Christopher, writer of added commentary.
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Mitchell, Donald, 1925-2017, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
War requiem.
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Bach Choir (London, England), singer.
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London Symphony Chorus, singer.
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Highgate School. Boys' Choir, singer.
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Melos Ensemble, instrumentalist.
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London Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
028941438324 |
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2894143832 |
| Music No. |
414 383-2 Decca |
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460 817-2 Decca |
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460 818-2 Decca |
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