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