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