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