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