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