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