Serenade / Les Illuminations / Nocturne
Album by Benjamin Britten; Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten
Released 1986
Tracklist
- 1Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: PrologueBenjamin Britten1:25
- 23:37
- 3Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: Nocturne “The splendour falls on castle walls”Benjamin Britten3:23
- 44:06
- 53:46
- 6Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: Hymn “Queen and huntress, chaste and fair”Benjamin Britten2:03
- 7Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: Sonnet “O soft embalmer of the still midnight”Benjamin Britten4:09
- 8Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: EpilogueBenjamin Britten1:36
- 9Les Illuminations, op. 18: I. FanfareBenjamin Britten1:51
- 10Les Illuminations, op. 18: II. VillesBenjamin Britten2:32
- 11Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIa. PhraseBenjamin Britten0:57
- 12Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIb. AntiqueBenjamin Britten2:10
- 13Les Illuminations, op. 18: IV. RoyautéBenjamin Britten1:37
- 14Les Illuminations, op. 18: V. MarineBenjamin Britten1:02
- 15Les Illuminations, op. 18: VI. InterludeBenjamin Britten2:21
- 16Les Illuminations, op. 18: VII. Being beauteousBenjamin Britten4:04
- 17Les Illuminations, op. 18: VIII. ParadeBenjamin Britten2:48
- 18Les Illuminations, op. 18: IX. DépartBenjamin Britten2:45
- 19Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “On a poet’s lips I slept”Benjamin Britten3:22
- 20Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “Below the thunders of the upper deep”Benjamin Britten3:18
- 21Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “Encintured with a twine of leaves”Benjamin Britten2:12
- 22Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “Midnight’s bell goes ting, ting, ting”Benjamin Britten2:30
- 23Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “But that night when on my bed I lay”Benjamin Britten3:02
- 24Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “She sleeps on soft, last breaths”Benjamin Britten4:30
- 25Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “What is more gentle than a wind in summer?”Benjamin Britten3:27
- 26Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see”Benjamin Britten4:01
More by Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten
Release credits
- flute [25-26]
- French horn [22, 26], horn [1-8], solo [1, 8]
- conductor [2-7, 9-26, 26]
- timpani [23, 26]
- performing orchestra [9-18]
- producer [1-8]
- clarinet [25-26]
- producer [19-26]
- producer [9-18]
- performing orchestra [2-7, 19-26, 26]
- harp [21, 26]
- tenor vocals [2-7, 9-26, 26]
- cor anglais [24, 26]
- bassoon [20, 26]
Issues
- S1986
S3 May 1993