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Author:

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, conductor. conductor.

Title:

War requiem [sound recording] / Britten.

Format:

[sound recording] /

Publisher:

Testament,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

1 audio disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Owen, Wilfred,--1893-1918--Musical settings.
Requiems.
Live sound recordings.

Other Authors:

Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918, author.
Harper, Heather, singer.
Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, singer.
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012 singer.
Cooper, John (Organist)\, instrumentalist.
Melos Ensemble, performer.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, performer.
Church of the Holy Trinity (Leamington, England). Boy's choir, performer.
Church of the Holy Trinity (Stratford-upon-Avon, England). Boy's choir, performer.

Notes:

Latin texts from Missa pro defunctis; poems by Wilfred Owen. "World premiere." Heather Harper, soprano ; Peter Pears, tenor ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Coventry Festival Choir ; Boys of Holy Trinity, Leamington ; Boys of Holy Trinity, Stratford ; John Cooper, organ ; Melos Ensemble ; Benjamin Britten, conductor ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Meredith Davies, conductor. Recording of the premiere performance of Britten's great work, recorded live at Coventry Cathedral on May 30, 1962. "Previously unpublished"--Insert. Compact discs; analog recording. Booklet with program notes in English (6 pages : illustrations) inserted in container; vocal text not included. A PDF of the sung texts is available from the Testament website at: www.testament.co.uk.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)864336150

UPC:

749677149024

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)