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
Osian Ellis, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, Denis Blyth, William Waterhouse, Barry Tuckwell
II. Below the thunders of the upper deep
William Waterhouse, Barry Tuckwell, Gervase de Peyer, Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, Osian Ellis, Roger Lord, Denis Blyth, Alexander Murray
III. Encintured with a twine of leaves
William Waterhouse, Barry Tuckwell, Gervase de Peyer, Osian Ellis, Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Murray, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord
IV. Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting
Denis Blyth, Osian Ellis, Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, William Waterhouse, Gervase de Peyer, Roger Lord, Barry Tuckwell, Alexander Murray
V. But that night when on my bed I lay
Gervase de Peyer, Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell, Alexander Murray, Denis Blyth, William Waterhouse, Osian Ellis, Roger Lord
VI. She sleeps on soft, last breaths
Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Sir Peter Pears, Alexander Murray, London Symphony Orchestra, Gervase de Peyer, Roger Lord, William Waterhouse, Denis Blyth
VII. What is more gentle than a wind in summer?
Barry Tuckwell, Roger Lord, Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, Osian Ellis, William Waterhouse, Gervase de Peyer, Denis Blyth, Alexander Murray
VIII. When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see
Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, William Waterhouse, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, Osian Ellis, Roger Lord, Barry Tuckwell, Denis Blyth
Production
- Erik SmithProducer
- John CulshawProducer
- James WalkerProducer
- Gordon ParryRecording Engineer
- Kenneth WilkinsonRecording Engineer
- Alan ReeveBalance Engineer