Tracklist
| War Requiem, op. 66 | ||
| I Requiem Aeternam | (9:33) | |
| 1 | Requiem Aeternam | 5:58 |
| 2 | What Passing-bells For These Who Die As Cattle? | 3:31 |
| Dies Irae | (25:35) | |
| 3 | Dies Irae | 3:38 |
| 4 | Bugles Sang | 2:35 |
| 5 | Liber Scriptus Profertur | 2:57 |
| 6 | Out There | 1:57 |
| 7 | Recordare Jesu Pie | 4:49 |
| 9 | Be Slowly Lifted Up | 1:52 |
| 8 | Dies Irae | 1:12 |
| 10 | Lacrimosa Dies Illa | 1:54 |
| 11 | Move Him Into The Sun | 4:47 |
| III Offertorium | (9:41) | |
| 12 | Domine Jesu Christe | 3:31 |
| 13 | So Abram Rose | 6:08 |
| IV Sanctus | (9:48) | |
| 14 | Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus | 6:06 |
| 15 | After The Blast Of Lightning | 3:46 |
| V Agnus Dei | (3:37) | |
| 16 | One Ever Hangs | 3:37 |
| VI Libera Me | (22:43) | |
| 17 | Libera Me, Domine | 7:36 |
| 18 | It Seemed That Out Of Battle I Escaped | 9:35 |
| 19 | Let Us Sleep Now ... In Paradisum | 5:34 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Decca Music Group Limited
- Copyright (c) – Decca Music Group Limited
- Pressed By – EDC, Germany – 52770146
- Published By – Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
- Recorded At – Kingsway Hall
- Remastered At – The Audio Archiving Company
Credits
- Baritone Vocals – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Choir – Highgate School Choir*
- Chorus – London Symphony Orchestra Chorus*, The Bach Choir
- Chorus Master – David Willcocks
- Chorus Master [Director Of Music Highgate School Choir] – Edward Chapman
- Composed By – Benjamin Britten
- Conductor – Benjamin Britten
- Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Kenneth Wilkinson
- Engineer [Recording] – Michael Mailes
- Ensemble – Melos Ensemble*
- Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra*
- Organ – Simon Preston
- Photography By – Ilse Buhs, Lotte Meitner-Graf
- Producer [Recording Producer] – John Culshaw
- Remastered By – Paschal Byrne
- Remastered By [Remastering Process Supervised By] – James Lock
- Soprano Vocals – Galina Vishnevskaya
- Tenor Vocals – Peter Pears
- Words By [Poems] – Wilfred Owen
Notes
Recording location:■ Kingsway Hall, London, 3-5, 7-8 & 10 January 1963
℗ 1963 Decca Music Group Limited
© 2011 Decca Music Group Limited
Publishers:
■ Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
First release:
■ as War Requiem, Decca Category SET 252-3, 1963
Total Timing 81.93
Chamber organ built by Noel Mander.
Dedication: In loving memory of : Roger Burney, Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve; Piers Dunkerley, Captain, Royal Marines; David Gill, Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy; Michael Halliday, Lieutenant, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve
Latin text from Missa pro defunctis.
This is not an individual release. It is CD10 of the box set The Decca Sound.
Comes in cardboard sleeve with facsimile LP front cover replica of the original release. Proper label and Category are taken from the box set booklet. Additional label/labels and Category eventually appearing on the front cover of the LP replica are of the original release, not of this reissue. Therefore these data are not mentioned in the Barcodes and Other Identifiers / Label, Company, Catalog Number, etc. sections, but in the Notes section. Track listing, credits and info are taken from the box set booklet.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Label Code: LC 00171
- Matrix / Runout: 00289 478 316-5 01 * 52770146
- Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV26
- Mould SID Code: IFPI 0129
- Other (Inner Ring): MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A
- Other (In Matrix area): 4 Universal logos
- Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SET 252-3, SET 252/3 | Benjamin Britten | War Requiem (2xLP, Album + Box) | Decca, Decca | SET 252-3, SET 252/3 | UK | 1963 |
| SET 252-3, SET 252/3 | Benjamin Britten | War Requiem (2xLP, Album + Box) | Decca, Decca | SET 252-3, SET 252/3 | UK | 1963 |
| SET 252-3, SET 252/3 | Benjamin Britten | War Requiem (2xLP, Album, RE + Box) | Decca, Decca | SET 252-3, SET 252/3 | UK | 1979 |
| 414 383-2 | Benjamin Britten - Vishnevskaya* - Pears* - Fischer-Dieskau* | Benjamin Britten - Vishnevskaya* - Pears* - Fischer-Dieskau* - War Requiem (2xCD, Album, RE, Car) | London Records | 414 383-2 | US | 1985 |
| 414 383-2 | Benjamin Britten - Vishnevskaya* - Pears* - Fischer-Dieskau* | Benjamin Britten - Vishnevskaya* - Pears* - Fischer-Dieskau* - War Requiem (2xCD, Album, RE, RM) | London Records | 414 383-2 | US | 1985 |
