Benjamin Britten - War Requiem

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Composer: Benjamin Britten

• War Requiem, Op. 66 (+ rehearsal)

Galina Vishnevskaya

Peter Pears

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

The Bach Choir

Melos Ensemble

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra

Benjamin Britten, conductor

Date: 1963

Label: Decca

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Mussorgsky; Rimsky-Korsakov; Tchaikovsky - Songs and Opera Arias (Galina Vishnevskaya)

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Composer: Modest Mussorgsky; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1. Mussorgsky - Hopak
2. Mussorgsky - Eremushka's Lullaby
3. Mussorgsky - Darling Savishna
4. Mussorgsky - Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich): 1. Lullaby
5. Mussorgsky - Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich): 2. Serenada
6. Mussorgsky - Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich): 3. Trepak
7. Mussorgsky - Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich): 4. The Field-Marshal
8. Rimsky-Korsakov - Eastern Song: The Nightingale Enslaved by the Rose, Op. 2 No. 2
9. Rimsky-Korsakov - The Clouds Begin to Scatter, Op. 42 No. 3
10. Rimsky-Korsakov - In Spring, Op.43: 1. The Lark Sings Louder
11. Rimsky-Korsakov - Lullaby of the Sea Princess (from opera "Sadko")
12. Rimsky-Korsakov - Marfa's Scene and Aria (from opera "The Tsar's Bride")
13. Rimsky-Korsakov - Lyubasha's Aria (from opera "The Tsar's Bride")
14. Tchaikovsky - Lel's Song (from opera "The Snow Maiden")
15. Tchaikovsky - Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow?, Op. 47 No. 7
16. Tchaikovsky - Cradle Song, Op. 16 No. 1
17. Tchaikovsky - Why?, Op. 6 No. 5
18. Tchaikovsky - Amid the Din of the Ball, Op. 38 No. 3
19. Tchaikovsky - Again, As Before, Alone, Op. 73 No. 6

Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor & piano

Date: 1975; 1976; 1978

Label: EMI Classics

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