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