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