Nocturne - the Splendour Falls on Castle Walls
Hymn - Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair
Sonnet - O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings - Les Illuminations - Nocturne
I. On a poet's lips I slept
London Symphony Orchestra, Osian Ellis, Barry Tuckwell, Sir Peter Pears, Roger Lord, Gervase de Peyer, William Waterhouse, Alexander Murray, Denis Blyth
II. Below the thunders of the upper deep
Roger Lord, William Waterhouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Denis Blyth, Osian Ellis, Alexander Murray, Sir Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, Gervase de Peyer
III. Encintured with a twine of leaves
Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Roger Lord, London Symphony Orchestra, Osian Ellis, Gervase de Peyer, Denis Blyth, Sir Peter Pears, Alexander Murray
IV. Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting
Sir Peter Pears, Osian Ellis, Barry Tuckwell, Gervase de Peyer, William Waterhouse, Alexander Murray, London Symphony Orchestra, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord
V. But that night when on my bed I lay
Gervase de Peyer, Roger Lord, Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Alexander Murray, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears
VI. She sleeps on soft, last breaths
Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Sir Peter Pears, Alexander Murray, Roger Lord, London Symphony Orchestra, Gervase de Peyer
VII. What is more gentle than a wind in summer?
Gervase de Peyer, William Waterhouse, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell
VIII. When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see
Gervase de Peyer, Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Sir Peter Pears, Alexander Murray, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, London Symphony Orchestra, Roger Lord
Production
- Erik SmithProducer
- John CulshawProducer
- James WalkerProducer
- Gordon ParryRecording Engineer
- John CulshawRecording Engineer
- Kenneth WilkinsonRecording Engineer
- Alan ReeveBalance Engineer