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