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