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