Album 2006 on Decca label
Classical (Modern)
CD: - Cream label / blue text / Red and blue DECCA logo / "ELOQUENCE" logo at 12 o'clock - Compact Disc Digital Audio logo / Catalog Number / SPARS Code at 3 o'clock - Composer / Work Titles / Main Artists at 6 o'clock - "℗ 1954, 1960 Decca Music Group Limited" / Label Code at 9 o'clock - "Artwork © 2006 Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd." at 9 o'clock - URLs: www.deccaclassics.com / www.classicsandjazz.co.uk at 9 o'clock - Rights Societies: "BIEM/SABAM" around circumference at 4 o'clock Liner Booklet: - 12-pages (stapled) - Front Cover: Red and blue DECCA logo / "ELOQUENCE" logo (top right) - Page 2: Blank - Pages 3 & 4: --- Full tracklist and performer details --- Bassoon in Op. 60 bizarelly credited to conductor and vocal coach Willie Anthony Waters instead of correct credit William Waterhouse (corrected in tracklisting above) --- Tracks 1 to 18 are mono recordings, tracks 19 to 26 are stereo --- "Total timing: 73'00" - Pages 5 to 8: Liner Notes - Page 9: --- Recording, management and art direction credits --- "Recording locations: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, UK, November 1953 (Serenade, Les Illuminations); Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, UK, September 1959 (Nocturne)" --- "Cover photograph: Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten and Eugene Goossens in Maine, USA, 1940" - Pages 10 & 11: Blank - Page 12: Catalog Number (top right) Inlay Card: - Red and blue DECCA logo / "ELOQUENCE" logo (top centre) - Catalog Number / Barcode / Label Code / SPARS Code (top right) - URLs: www.deccaclassics.com / www.classicsandjazz.co.uk (top right) - Summary tracklist and performer details - First release on CD (tracks 1 to 18) - "Total timing: 73'00" - "℗ 1954 (Serenade, Les Illuminations), 1959 (Nocturne) Decca Music Group Limited" - "Artwork © 2006 Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd." - "Manufactured in the EU" - "ELOQUENCE" logo and "Visit www.universalmusic.com.au/musicpages to keep up to date with the latest ELOQUENCE releases online" on back on inlay card, visible through transparent CD case
Benjamin Britten p, 1913-1976 GB album by, conductor | |
Peter Pears voc, 1910-1986 GB album by, tenor vocals | |
Dennis Brain alp, 1921-1957 GB album by, horn | |
Sir Eugene Goossens , 1893-1962 GB album by, conductor | |
The New Symphony Orchestra Of London , orchestra | |
William Waterhouse bsn, 1931-2007 GB bassoon | |
Gervase de Peyer cl, *1926 GB clarinet | |
Roger Lord ob, 1924-2014 cor anglais | |
Alexander Murray fl, flute | |
Osian Ellis hrp, *1928 GB harp | |
Barry Tuckwell alp, *1931 AU horn | |
The London Symphony Orchestra , orchestra | |
Denis Blyth , timpani |
Chilu Tong art direction |
Alan Reeve engineer, recording engineer |
Kenneth Wilkinson engineer, recording engineer |
Stephen Schafer liner notes |
Cyrus Meher-Homji management, eloquence series manager |
James Walker producer, recording producer |
John Culshaw producer, recording producer |
Benjamin Britten |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31 | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 24:32 | |
2 | I Prologue | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 1:25 | |
3 | II Pastoral | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 3:34 | |
4 | III Nocturne | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 3:24 | |
5 | IV Elegy | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 4:37 | |
6 | V Dirge | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 3:55 | |
7 | VI Hymn | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 2:00 | |
8 | VII Sonnet | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 3:50 | |
9 | VIII Epilogue | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 1:29 | |
10 | Les Illuminations, Op. 18 | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 21:51 | |
11 | I Fanfare | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 1:53 | |
12 | II Villes | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 2:23 | |
13 | IIIa. Phrase | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 1:00 | |
14 | IIIb. Antique | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 2:31 | |
15 | IV Royauté | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 1:38 | |
16 | V Marine | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 0:57 | |
17 | VI Interlude | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 2:06 | |
18 | VII Being Beauteous | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 3:58 | |
19 | VIII Parade | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 2:41 | |
20 | IX Départ | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 2:36 | |
21 | Nocture For Tenor, Seven Obbligato Instruments & Strings, Op. 60 | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 26:25 | |
22 | I On A Poet's Lips I Slept | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 3:21 | |
23 | II Below The Thunders Of The Upper Deep | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 3:19 | |
24 | III Encinctured With A Twine Of Leaves | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 2:15 | |
25 | IV Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, Ting | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 2:27 | |
26 | V But That Night When On My Bed I Lay | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 3:03 | |
27 | VI She Sleeps On Soft, Last Breaths | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 4:31 | |
28 | VII What Is More Gentle Than A Wind In Summer? | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 3:28 | |
29 | VIII When Most I Wink, Then Do Mine Eyes Best See | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens | 4:00 |