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