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tracks a2. a3a, a3b, b1b, b2, b3 baritone vocals [owen wingrave] Benjamin Luxon
tracks b1a, b4 choir Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
tracks b1a, b4 chorus master Russell Burgess
compiled by Ray Crick
composed by Benjamin Britten
conductor Benjamin Britten
engineer Colin Moorfoot
engineer Kenneth Wilkinson
lacquer cut by W
libretto by Myfanwy Piper
tracks a3b. a4, a5, b2, b3, b4 mezzo-soprano vocals [kate] Janet Baker
tracks b1a, b4 narrator [the ballad singer] Peter Pears
orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
producer David Harvey
sleeve notes Ray Crick
tracks a3b, a4, a5, b2, b4 soprano vocals [miss wingrave] Sylvia Fisher
tracks a5, b2, b4 soprano vocals [mrs. coyle] Heather Harper
tracks a3b. a4, a5, b2, b4 soprano vocals [mrs. julian] Jennifer Vyvyan
tracks a4, a5, b2, b4 tenor vocals [general sir philip wingrave] Peter Pears
tracks a3a, a5, b2, b3, b4 tenor vocals [lechmere] Nigel Douglas
tracks a2, a5, b1b, b2, b4 vocals [bass-baritone, coyle] John Shirley-Quirk
Made By The Decca Record Company Limited
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Copyright (c) Faber Music Ltd.
Recorded At Kingsway Hall
Lacquer Cut At Decca Studios
Pressed By Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
Published By Faber Music
Printed By Robert Stace
Printed By Moore & Matthes Ltd.
Catalog Number SET 536 (on sleeve)
Catalog Number SET.536 (on labels)

ⓟ 1972 (on labels)

Recorded in the Kingsway Hall, London, in December 1970.
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based on a short story by Henry James
Owen Wingrave was commissioned by the Television Service of the BBC & was first shown on BBC2 on 16th May, 1971

Includes a 12-page booklet containing full texts.
Texts ⓒ Faber Music Ltd. 1971
Booklet photographs: reproduced...by kind permission of the B.B.C.
Booklet: Printed in England by Moore & Matthes Ltd.

ⓒ 1973, The Decca Record Company Limited, London (on sleeve back beside sleeve notes credit)
Sleeve photograph: The Dinner Scene. By courtesy of the BBC.
Sleeve printed in England by Robert Stace
Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-11211-1W (Side A Runout, stamped)
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-11212-2W (Side B Runout, stamped)
Barcode: ZAL.11211 (Side A Label)
Barcode: ZAL.11212 (Side B Label)