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