Columbia Symphony Orchestra ; Robert Craft, conductor (track 1); Richard Frisch, baritone ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra ; Robert Craft, conductor (track 2); Gregg Smith Singers ; Columbia Chamber Ensemble ; Igor Stravinsky, conductor (track 3); Elaine Bonazzi, contralto ; Donald Gramm, bass ; Linda Anderson, soprano ; Charles Bressler, tenor ; Ithaca College Concert Choir ; Gregg Smith, director ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra ; Robert Craft, conductor (tracks 4-12)
Original LP released on Columbia Masterworks as MS 7386 in 1970.
Recorded 1965-1969.
Sung in Latin.
Variations : Aldous Huxley in memoriam, for orchestra (4:51) -- Abraham and Isaac : sacred ballad for baritone and chamber orchestra (10:26) -- Introitus : T.S. Eliot in memoriam, for male chorus and ensemble (3:47) -- Requiem canticles : for contralto and bass soli, chorus and orchestra : to the memory of Helen Buchanan Seeger (13:39)