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