2x CD
War Requiem
Album by Benjamin Britten; Galina Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau
Released 1963
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Requiem aeternam: Requiem aeternam (chorus)Benjamin Britten5:56
- 2Requiem aeternam: What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? (tenor)Benjamin Britten3:37
- 3Dies irae: Dies irae (chorus)Benjamin Britten3:36
- 4Dies irae: Bugles sang (baritone)Benjamin Britten2:33
- 5Dies irae: Liber scriptus proferetur (soprano)Benjamin Britten2:56
- 6Dies irae: Out there (tenor and baritone)Benjamin Britten1:56
- 7Dies irae: Recordare Jesu pie (chorus)Benjamin Britten4:48
- 8Dies irae: Be slowly lifted up (baritone)Benjamin Britten1:52
- 9Dies irae: Dies irae (chorus)Benjamin Britten1:11
- 10Dies irae: Lacrimosa dies illa (soprano and chorus)Benjamin Britten1:54
- 11Dies irae: Move him into the sun (tenor)Benjamin Britten4:50
- 12Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe (boys)Benjamin Britten3:30
- 13Offertorium: So Abram rose (tenor and baritone)Benjamin Britten6:11
- 14Sanctus: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus (soprano and chorus)Benjamin Britten6:02
- 15Sanctus: After the blast of lightning (baritone)Benjamin Britten3:51
- CD 2
- 1Agnus Dei: One ever hangs (tenor and chorus)Benjamin Britten3:45
- 2Libera me: Libera me, Domine (chorus)Benjamin Britten7:37
- 3Libera me: It seemed that out of battle I escaped (tenor)Benjamin Britten9:34
- 4Libera me: Let us sleep now ... In paradisum (baritone, tenor, boys, soprano and chorus)Benjamin Britten6:04
- 5Rehearsing War Requiem: Requiem aeternam (Rehearsal)Benjamin Britten7:20
- 6Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies irae (Rehearsal of the opening section)Benjamin Britten9:46
- 7Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies irae (Discussion between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (via her interpreter), then between John Culshaw and Galina Vishnevskaya)Benjamin Britten2:05
- 8Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies irae (Rehearsal of end of movement)Benjamin Britten4:39
- 9Rehearsing War Requiem: Offertorium (Rehearsal)Benjamin Britten8:23
- 10Rehearsing War Requiem: Sanctus (Rehearsal)Benjamin Britten6:15
- 11Rehearsing War Requiem: Sanctus (Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya)Benjamin Britten0:19
- 12Rehearsing War Requiem: Agnus Dei (Discussion in the control room between Britten, Peter Pears and John Culshaw)Benjamin Britten1:06
- 13Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera me (Discussion in the control room between Britten and John Culshaw)Benjamin Britten1:11
- 14Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera me (Rehearsal)Benjamin Britten5:21
- 15Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera me (Rehearsal of closing page)Benjamin Britten3:16
More by Benjamin Britten, Galina Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau
Release credits
- conductor [1.1-15, 2.1-4]
- baritone vocals [2.3-4, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.13, 1.15]
- choir vocals [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9-14, 2.1-2, 2.4]
- performing orchestra [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7-14, 2.1-2, 2.4]
- performer [1.1-2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.11-13, 1.15, 2.1, 2.3-4]
- tenor vocals [2.1, 2.3-4, 1.2, 1.6, 1.11, 1.13]
- organ [1, 12-13]
- chorus master [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9-14, 2.1-2, 2.4]
- choir vocals [2.1-2, 2.4, 1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9-14]
- soprano vocals [2.2, 2.4, 1.5, 1.10-11, 1.14]
Issues
W
W2x 12" Vinyl1963
W2x 12" Vinyl1963
W2x CD1985
W2x CD1985
W2x CD1 April 1999
W2x CD1999- W2x CD16 May 2006
W2011
WDigital Media (2023 remaster)3 November 2023