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