Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 1. "On A Poet's Lips I Slept"

Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase De Peyer, William Waterhouse, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings; Les Illuminations; Nocturne

3 MINUTES AND 26 SECONDS

Album tracklist

1

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31 - Prologue

01:27

2

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31 - Pastoral - The Day's Grown Old

03:38

3

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31 - Nocturne - The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls

03:21

4

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31 - Elegy - O Rose, Thou Art Sick

04:05

5

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31 - Dirge - This Ae Night

03:49

6

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31 - Hymn - Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair

02:03

7

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31 - Sonnet - O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight

04:12

8

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31 - Epilogue

01:33

9

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 - I. Fanfare

01:55

10

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 - II. Villes

02:33

11

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 - IIIa. Phrase

00:57

12

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 - IIIb. Antique

02:10

13

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 - IV. Royauté

01:37

14

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 - V. Marine

01:02

15

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 - VI. Interlude

02:22

16

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 - VII. Being beauteous

04:04

17

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 - VIII. Parade

02:49

18

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 - IX. Départ

02:42

19

Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 1. "On A Poet's Lips I Slept"

03:26

20

Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 2. "Below The Thunders Of The Upper Deep"

03:18

21

Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 3. "Encintured With A Twine Of Leaves"

02:12

22

Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 4. "Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, Ting"

02:30

23

Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 5. "But That Night When On My Bed I Lay"

03:03

24

Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 6. "She Sleeps On Soft, Last Breaths"

04:31

25

Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 7. "What Is More Gentle Than A Wind In Summer?"

03:28

26

Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 8. "When Most I Wink, Then Do Mine Eyes Best See"

04:02

Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings; Les Illuminations; Nocturne

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Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 1. "On A Poet's Lips I Slept"

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