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