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