War Requiem Limited Vinyl 3LP Set

Benjamin Britten War Requiem Limited Vinyl 3LP Set

Overview:

On 10th January 1963 sessions were completed at London’s Kingsway Hall for this world premiere recording of Britten’s War Requiem. Sixty years later, Decca have made new high definition 24-bit/192 kHz transfers of the original quarter-inch stereo mastertapes at British Grove Studios. Conducted by the composer and featuring the three soloists for whom it was written, this still remains, for many, the definitive recording. The vinyl is cut to lacquer at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios, and this is the first LP release of the secret recording of Britten’s rehearsals for the War Requiem since the sole pressing gifted by Decca to Britten on his 50th birthday in November 1963. The truly expansive booklet includes excerpts from John Culshaw’s autobiography Putting the Record Straight; reminiscences from three of the original 1963 Decca recording crew; technical notes; detailed essays on the War Requiem and the recording sessions; and rare and new photographs.

Featured Tracks:

1 Requiem Aeternam
2 What Passing Bells for These Who Die As Cattle?
3 Dies Irae
4 Bugles Sang, Saddening the Evening Air
5 Liber Scriptus
6 Out There, We've Walked Quite Friendly Up to Death
7 Recordare Jesu Pie
8 Be Slowly Lifted Up
9 Dies Irae
10 Lacrimosa Dies Illa
11 Move Him Into the Sun
12 Domine Jesu Christe
13 So Abram Rose, and Clave the Wood
14 Sanctus
15 After the Blast of Lightning from the East
16 One Ever Hangs Where Shelled Roads Part
17 Libera Me, Domine
18 It Seemed That Out of Battle I Escaped
19 Let Us Sleep Now...In Paradisum
20 Requiem Aeternam - Rehearsal
21 Dies Irae - Rehearsal of the Opening Section
22 Dies Irae - Discussion in the Control Room Between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (Via Her Interpreter), Then Between John Culshaw and Galina Vishnev
23 Dies Irae - Rehearsal of End of Movement
24 Offertorium - Rehearsal
25 Sanctus - Rehearsal
26 Sanctus - Discussion in the Control Room Between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (Via Her Interpreter)
27 Agnus Dei - Discussion in the Control Room Between Britten, Peter Pears and John Culshaw
28 Libera Me - Discussion in the Control Room Between Britten and John Culshaw
29 Libera Me - Rehearsal
30 Libera Me - Rehearsal of Closing Page
31 Closing Remarks