art direction Claudia Wafer
tracks 2-8, 6-10 to 6-16 baritone vocals Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
tracks 6-25 to 6-29 baritone vocals John Shirley-Quirk
tracks 7-19 to 7-26 bassoon William Waterhouse
tracks 2-1 to 2-4 cello Mstislav Rostropovich
tracks 2-8 chorus London Symphony Chorus
tracks 7-19 to 7-26 clarinet Gervase De Peyer
composed by Benjamin Britten
tracks 1-1 to 5-27, 7-1 to 7-26 conductor Benjamin Britten
tracks 7-19 to 7-26 cor anglais Roger Lord
editor [booklet editor] Fabian Watkinson
tracks 7-19 to 7-26 engineer Alan Reeves
tracks 4-1 to 5-14 engineer Cyril Windebank
tracks 2-1 to 2-8, 3-2 to 3-5, 3-17, 6-1 to 6-9, 7-1 to 7-8 engineer Gordon Parry
tracks 6-25 to 6-29 engineer John Dunkerley
tracks 1-1 to 1-7, 2-5 to 3-1, 3-6 to 3-16, 4-1 to 5-27, 6-10 to 6-16, 6-25 to 6-29, 7-9 to 7-18 engineer Kenneth Wilkinson
tracks 3-1 engineer Michael Mailes
tracks 7-19 to 7-26 flute Alexander Murray
tracks 7-19 to 7-26 harp Osian Ellis
tracks 7-1 to 7-8, 7-19 to 7-26 horns Barry Tuckwell
tracks 7-9 to 7-18 lyrics by Arthur Rimbaud
tracks 6-1 to 6-9 lyrics by John Donne
tracks 5-28 to 5-34 lyrics by Michelangelo Buonarroti
tracks 6-17 to 6-24 lyrics by Thomas Hardy
tracks 6-25 to 6-29 lyrics by Walter De La Mare
tracks 6-10 to 6-16 lyrics by William Blake
tracks 1-1 to 2-4, 3-1 to 3-16, 7-9 to 7-18 orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
tracks 2-8, 3-17, 5-15 to 5-27, 7-1 to 7-8, 7-19 to 7-26 orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
tracks 2-5 to 2-7 orchestra New Philharmonia Orchestra
tracks 4-1 to 5-14 orchestra Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
tracks 5-28 to 6-29 piano Benjamin Britten
tracks 5-15 to 5-27 piano Julius Katchen
tracks 1-1 to 1-4 piano Sviatoslav Richter
tracks 3-2 to 3-5 producer David Harvey
tracks 3-17 to 5-14, 7-1 to 7-8 producer Erik Smith
tracks 5-28 to 5-34, 7-19 to 7-26 producer James Walker
tracks 2-1 to 2-8, 3-6 to 3-16, 4-1 to 5-14, 7-9 to 7-18 producer John Culshaw
tracks 6-1 to 6-16 producer John Mordler
tracks 5-15 to 5-27, 6-17 to 6-24 producer Peter Andry
tracks 1-1 to 1-7, 3-1, 6-25 to 6-29 producer Ray Minshull
tracks 2-8, 5-28 to 6-9, 6-17 to 6-24, 7-1 to 7-26 tenor vocals Peter Pears
tracks 7-19 to 7-26 timpani Denis Blyth
tracks 1-5 to 1-7 violin Mark Lubotsky
Phonographic Copyright (p) Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright (c) Decca Music Group Limited
Published By Hawkes & Son
Published By Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
Published By Oxford University Press
Published By Faber Music Ltd.
Recorded At Decca Studios
Recorded At Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Recorded At Kingsway Hall
Recorded At The Maltings
Made By EDC, Germany
Made By EDC, Germany
Made By EDC, Germany
Made By EDC, Germany
Made By EDC, Germany
Made By EDC, Germany
Made By EDC, Germany
This compilation ℗ 2006 Decca Music Group Limited
© 2006 Decca Music Group Limited
LC 00171
BIEM/SABAM STEREO Made in the EU
ADD
Total timing: 8h 22'

CD 1 (475 6052) 66:34 (p) 1971 Decca Music Group Limited
CD 2 (475 6053) 74:36 (p) 1964, 1965 Decca Music Group Limited
CD 3 (475 6054) 70:19 (p) 1964, 1967, 1969, 1977 Decca Music Group Limited
CD 4 (475 6055) 65:22 (p) 1957 Decca Music Group Limited
CD 5 (475 6056) 76:01 (p) 1954, 1956, 1957 Decca Music Group Limited
CD 6 (475 6057) 76:22 (p) 1956, 1969, 1973 Decca Music Group Limited
CD 7 (475 6058) 72:46 (p) 1960, 1964, 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

Includes a 56 page booklet

Barcode: 028947560517
Label Code: LC 00171
SPARS Code: ADD
Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM
Price Code: DC7
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