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