 They made recordings for Decca of "Die schöne Müllerin", "Winterreise" and "Dichterliebe" that have remained in print since their first issue in the 1960s.Among the highlights of Pears's career in the 1960s was the premiere of Britten's "War Requiem" in May 1962, marking the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral.Britten composed it with the voices of Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Galina Vishnevskaya in mind.