Nocturne - the Splendour Falls on Castle Walls
Hymn - Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair
Sonnet - O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings - Les Illuminations - Nocturne
I. On a poet's lips I slept
Denis Blyth, Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Sir Peter Pears, Gervase de Peyer, Osian Ellis, Alexander Murray, London Symphony Orchestra, Roger Lord
II. Below the thunders of the upper deep
Barry Tuckwell, Alexander Murray, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord, London Symphony Orchestra, Gervase de Peyer, Osian Ellis, William Waterhouse, Sir Peter Pears
III. Encintured with a twine of leaves
Alexander Murray, Sir Peter Pears, Gervase de Peyer, Roger Lord, Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, London Symphony Orchestra
IV. Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting
Gervase de Peyer, Alexander Murray, Denis Blyth, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Roger Lord, Osian Ellis, Sir Peter Pears
V. But that night when on my bed I lay
Sir Peter Pears, Gervase de Peyer, Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Roger Lord, Osian Ellis, London Symphony Orchestra, Denis Blyth, Alexander Murray
VI. She sleeps on soft, last breaths
Barry Tuckwell, Sir Peter Pears, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Gervase de Peyer, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Murray, William Waterhouse, Roger Lord
VII. What is more gentle than a wind in summer?
Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Gervase de Peyer, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears, Denis Blyth, Osian Ellis, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray
VIII. When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see
Gervase de Peyer, Denis Blyth, Alexander Murray, Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, Roger Lord, Osian Ellis, Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse
Production
- Erik SmithProducer
- John CulshawProducer
- James WalkerProducer
- Gordon ParryRecording Engineer
- John CulshawRecording Engineer
- Kenneth WilkinsonRecording Engineer
- Alan ReeveBalance Engineer