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