Nocturne - the Splendour Falls on Castle Walls
Hymn - Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair
Sonnet - O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings - Les Illuminations - Nocturne
I. On a poet's lips I slept
Denis Blyth, Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Osian Ellis, London Symphony Orchestra, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, Sir Peter Pears
II. Below the thunders of the upper deep
Sir Peter Pears, Denis Blyth, Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Osian Ellis, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Murray, Roger Lord, Gervase de Peyer
III. Encintured with a twine of leaves
London Symphony Orchestra, Gervase de Peyer, Osian Ellis, Alexander Murray, Roger Lord, William Waterhouse, Denis Blyth, Sir Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell
IV. Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting
London Symphony Orchestra, Roger Lord, Gervase de Peyer, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Sir Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, William Waterhouse, Alexander Murray
V. But that night when on my bed I lay
London Symphony Orchestra, William Waterhouse, Sir Peter Pears, Alexander Murray, Roger Lord, Gervase de Peyer, Denis Blyth, Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis
VI. She sleeps on soft, last breaths
Gervase de Peyer, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell, Alexander Murray, Denis Blyth, Sir Peter Pears, William Waterhouse, Roger Lord, Osian Ellis
VII. What is more gentle than a wind in summer?
Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, Barry Tuckwell, London Symphony Orchestra, Roger Lord, Denis Blyth, Osian Ellis, Sir Peter Pears, William Waterhouse
VIII. When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see
Denis Blyth, Gervase de Peyer, London Symphony Orchestra, Roger Lord, William Waterhouse, Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Alexander Murray, Sir Peter Pears
Production
- Erik SmithProducer
- John CulshawProducer
- James WalkerProducer
- Gordon ParryRecording Engineer
- John CulshawRecording Engineer
- Kenneth WilkinsonRecording Engineer
- Alan ReeveBalance Engineer