Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ)
London Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten
Britten was writing personally for three muses who had all shared the wartime experience...His incandescent commitment to pacificism and horror at the failure of humanism blazes forth...As you... — More…
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
- Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Simon Preston (organ)
- London Symphony Chorus, Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1963-01-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
I. Requiem aeternam: a. Requiem aeternam
I. Requiem aeternam: b. What Passing Bells for These who die as Cattle?
II. Dies irae: a. Dies irae
Britten: War Requiem, Op.66 / Rehearsal sequence
- Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), John Culshaw (narrator), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Simon Preston (organ), Melos Ensemble (chamber ensemble)
- Bach Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Highgate School Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, The Melos Ensemble Of London
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1963-01-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Requiem aeternam
Dies irae
Dies irae