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