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