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