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Akhmatova Requiem Bass-Baritone Vocals – John Shirley-QuirkConductor – Gennadi RozhdestvenskyOrchestra – BBC Symphony OrchestraSoprano Vocals – Phyllis Bryn-JulsonWords By – Anna Akhmatova*Words By [Translated Into English By] – Sergei Hackel
1	Requiem	0:48
2	I Dedication	12:44
3	II Introduction	3:36
4	III	3:08
5	IV	0:37
6	V	1:18
7	VI	1:59
8	VII	3:35
9	VIII	1:27
10	IX	1:30
11	X The Sentence	1:13
12	XI To Death	2:34
13	XII	1:39
14	XIII Crucifixion	0:44
15	XIV	4:36
16	XV	1:04
17	XVI Epilogue	2:15
18	XVII	7:31
Six Russian Folk-Songs Bassoon – Brian WightmanCello – Christopher Van KampenDomra – Robert CalcuttEnsemble – Nash Ensemble*Flute – Judith PearcePiano – John ConstableSoprano Vocals – Elise RossTrumpet – James Watson Violin – Marcia Crayford, Monica Huggett
19	O Dark Autumn Night	3:47
20	In The Garden Stands A Pretty Birch Tree	2:42
21	Darling, Let Us Walk By The Banks Of The Volga	2:00
22	I've Seen The Great Wide World	1:16
23	Pretty Maid, Why Do You Stare So Longingly?	2:54
24	Kalinka (My Little Berry)	3:52

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Carlton Home Entertainment Limited
• Copyright (c) – BBC Audio International, Ltd.
• Licensed To – Carlton Classics
• Pressed By – PMDC, UK
• Recorded At – Royal Albert Hall
• Recorded At – The Roundhouse

Credits

• Composed By – John Tavener
• Producer – CB Samuelson*
• Remastered By – John Hunt
• Sleeve Notes – John Mayhew

Notes

Playing time: 69' 02"

Recorded live:
tracks 1 to 18 in the Royal Albert Hall, London on 27th August 1981
tracks 19 to 24 in The Roundhouse, London on 2nd September 1979

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 015656 919724
• Label Code: LC 8747

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NMC D208	John Tavener	Akhmatova Requiem ‎(CD, RE)	NMC	NMC D208	UK	2014

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