| War Requiem | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1963 |
| Recorded | 1963 |
| Genre | Classical |
| Length | 1:31:24 |
| Label | Decca Records |
| Producer | John Culshaw |
Britten's War Requiem (1963) is the first recording of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. It featured Galina Vishnevskaya, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Peter Pears with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Melos Ensemble, The Bach Choir and the Highgate School Choir, and was conducted by Britten himself. The recording took place in the Kingsway Hall in London and was produced by John Culshaw for Decca.[1] Within five months of its release in May 1963 it sold 200,000 copies,[2] an unheard-of number for a piece of contemporary classical music at that time.[3]
- ^ D. Kern Holoman (25 October 2012). The Orchestra: A Very Short Introduction. OUP USA. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-0-19-976028-2.
- ^ Paul Francis Kildea (2002). Selling Britten: Music and the Marketplace. Oxford University Press. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-0-19-816715-0.
The recording was released in May 1963 and sold over 200,000 sets in five months.
- ^ Carpenter, Humphrey. Benjamin Britten: A Biography. London: Faber and Faber, 1992: p411.