℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
| Released | 2013 |
| Duration | 1h 21m 22s |
| Record Label | Decca |
| Genre | Classical |
Britten: War Requiem
London Symphony Chorus, Sir Peter Pears
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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War Requiem, Op.66 / Requiem aeternam
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1.1
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"Requiem Aeternam"
London Symphony Chorus |
5:55 | |||
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1.2
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"What Passing Bells For These Who Die As Cattle?"
Sir Peter Pears |
3:40 | |||
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War Requiem, Op.66 / Dies Irae
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1.3
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"Dies irae"
London Symphony Chorus |
3:38 | |||
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1.4
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"Bugles Sang, Saddening the Evening Air"
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
2:35 | |||
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1.5
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"Liber Scriptus Proferetur"
Galina Vishnevskaya |
2:57 | |||
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1.6
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"Out There, We've Walked Quite Friendly Up To Death"
Sir Peter Pears |
1:57 | |||
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1.7
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"Recordare Jesu Pie"
London Symphony Chorus |
4:49 | |||
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1.8
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"Be Slowly Lifted Up"
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
1:51 | |||
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1.9
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"Dies Irae"
London Symphony Chorus |
1:13 | |||
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1.10
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"Lacrimosa Dies Illa"
Galina Vishnevskaya |
1:54 | |||
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1.11
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"Move Him Into the Sun"
Sir Peter Pears |
4:50 | |||
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1.12
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"Domine Jesu Christe"
Highgate School Boys' Choir |
3:33 | |||
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1.13
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"So Abram Rose, and Clave the Wood"
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
6:10 | |||
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1.14
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"Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus"
Galina Vishnevskaya |
6:01 | |||
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1.15
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"After the Blast Of Lightning From the East"
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
3:50 | |||
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1.16
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"One Ever Hangs Where Shelled Roads Part"
Sir Peter Pears |
3:40 | |||
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1.17
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"Libera me, Domine"
Galina Vishnevskaya |
7:36 | |||
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1.18
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"It Seemed That Out Of Battle I Escaped"
Sir Peter Pears |
9:36 | |||
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1.19
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"Let Us Sleep Now...In Paradisum"
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
5:37 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"... one of the greatest achievements of the classical recording world."
- Audiophile Audition
"... this Britten recording has an irreplaceable page in the annals of this wonderful and profoundly moving work ... the work and this superb recording, definitive in so many ways, speak to us as powerfully today as it ever did."
- MusicWeb International
"It set a daunting example for the recordings that came afterward, particularly for sopranos who try to channel Galina Vishnevskaya's shrill fervor, or tenors who emulate Peter Pears's diction."
- Los Angeles Times
Over half a century has passed since this classic recording was made in Kingsway Hall, London in January 1963. While the performance remains a benchmark, time has left the original analogue master tapes more fragile than ever. For this Britten centenary re-release in 2013, engineers went back to the original tapes and used the latest techniques and extensive comparison with the earliest LP pressings and subsequent remasterings to make a definitive transfer. For the first time ever, all audio processing has been achieved in the 96 kHz 24-bit domain.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Decca Studio Masters
Producer: John Culshaw Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson Recording Location: Kingsway Hall, London, 3–5, 7, 8 & 10 January 1963 Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd Chamber Organ Built by Noel Mander Remastered by Philip Siney with High Resolution PRISM analogue to digital converters and CEDAR noise reduction at 96kHz 24-bit Original analogue tapes transferred by Graham Meek at British Grove Studios, February 2013
Producer: John Culshaw Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson Recording Location: Kingsway Hall, London, 3–5, 7, 8 & 10 January 1963 Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd Chamber Organ Built by Noel Mander Remastered by Philip Siney with High Resolution PRISM analogue to digital converters and CEDAR noise reduction at 96kHz 24-bit Original analogue tapes transferred by Graham Meek at British Grove Studios, February 2013
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.56 -11.90 to -0.36 | -26.87 -35.88 to -19.74 | -21.97 -30.40 to -14.10 | 13 9 to 18 | |
| 1 | "Requiem Aeternam" | -3.34 | -29.57 | -25.2 | 14 |
| 2 | "What Passing Bells For These Who Die As Cattle?" | -4.58 | -30.07 | -25.2 | 15 |
| 3 | "Dies irae" | -0.36 | -20.92 | -15.0 | 11 |
| 4 | "Bugles Sang, Saddening the Evening Air" | -6.96 | -32.50 | -28.2 | 14 |
| 5 | "Liber Scriptus Proferetur" | -4.66 | -26.65 | -22.2 | 13 |
| 6 | "Out There, We've Walked Quite Friendly Up To Death" | -3.48 | -28.37 | -23.9 | 16 |
| 7 | "Recordare Jesu Pie" | -1.51 | -24.12 | -20.3 | 13 |
| 8 | "Be Slowly Lifted Up" | -1.87 | -24.49 | -21.0 | 13 |
| 9 | "Dies Irae" | -2.11 | -21.05 | -15.3 | 10 |
| 10 | "Lacrimosa Dies Illa" | -4.16 | -24.89 | -19.5 | 11 |
| 11 | "Move Him Into the Sun" | -4.06 | -29.56 | -23.7 | 15 |
| 12 | "Domine Jesu Christe" | -1.04 | -21.11 | -16.7 | 12 |
| 13 | "So Abram Rose, and Clave the Wood" | -2.62 | -29.38 | -25.3 | 16 |
| 14 | "Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus" | -1.50 | -19.74 | -14.1 | 9 |
| 15 | "After the Blast Of Lightning From the East" | -2.52 | -29.97 | -23.5 | 16 |
| 16 | "One Ever Hangs Where Shelled Roads Part" | -11.90 | -34.04 | -30.4 | 13 |
| 17 | "Libera me, Domine" | -1.76 | -20.74 | -15.6 | 10 |
| 18 | "It Seemed That Out Of Battle I Escaped" | -5.18 | -35.88 | -30.0 | 18 |
| 19 | "Let Us Sleep Now...In Paradisum" | -4.01 | -27.53 | -22.4 | 13 |