War Requiem, opus 66 • Composed 1961
Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, boys' voices, mixed voices, orchestra, chamber orchestra, organ (Missa pro defunctis, Wilfred Owen)
May 30, 1962 • Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Melos Ensemble, City of Birmingham Orchestra, Benjamin Britten and Meredith Davies • St. Michael's Cathedral, Coventry
Recordings
•January 1963DECCA
Galina Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
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•January 1963Britten Conducts Britten, Volume 3 DECCA
Galina Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
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•BBC Legends-Live Recording
Stefania Woytowicz, Peter Pears, Hans Wilbrink, Melos Ensemble, Benjamin Britten, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
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•Naxos
eMusic: BRITTEN: War Requiem
•February 28, 1991Chandos-CHAN 8983/4
Heather Harper, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Hickox
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•2006LPO
Christine Brewer, Anthony Dean Griffey, Gerald Finley, London Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, Kurt Masur
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