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Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens
Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings / Les Illuminations / Nocturne

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

     
Musicians
PortraitBenjamin Britten p, 1913-1976 GB
album by, conductor
PortraitPeter Pears voc, 1910-1986 GB
album by, tenor vocals
PortraitDennis Brain alp, 1921-1957 GB
album by, horn
PortraitSir Eugene Goossens , 1893-1962 GB
album by, conductor
PortraitThe New Symphony Orchestra Of London ,
orchestra
PortraitWilliam Waterhouse bsn, 1931-2007 GB
bassoon
PortraitGervase de Peyer cl, *1926 GB
clarinet
PortraitRoger Lord ob, 1924-2014
cor anglais
PortraitAlexander Murray fl,
flute
PortraitOsian Ellis hrp, *1928 GB
harp
PortraitBarry Tuckwell alp, *1931 AU
horn
PortraitThe London Symphony Orchestra ,
orchestra
PortraitDenis Blyth ,
timpani
Producers
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
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens24:32
2I PrologueBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens1:25
3II PastoralBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens3:34
4III NocturneBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens3:24
5IV ElegyBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens4:37
6V DirgeBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens3:55
7VI HymnBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens2:00
8VII SonnetBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens3:50
9VIII EpilogueBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens1:29
10Les Illuminations, Op. 18Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens21:51
11I FanfareBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens1:53
12II VillesBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens2:23
13IIIa. PhraseBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens1:00
14IIIb. AntiqueBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens2:31
15IV RoyautéBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens1:38
16V MarineBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens0:57
17VI InterludeBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens2:06
18VII Being BeauteousBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens3:58
19VIII ParadeBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens2:41
20IX DépartBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens2:36
21Nocture For Tenor, Seven Obbligato Instruments & Strings, Op. 60Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens26:25
22I On A Poet's Lips I SleptBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens3:21
23II Below The Thunders Of The Upper DeepBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens3:19
24III Encinctured With A Twine Of LeavesBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens2:15
25IV Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, TingBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens2:27
26V But That Night When On My Bed I LayBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens3:03
27VI She Sleeps On Soft, Last BreathsBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens4:31
28VII What Is More Gentle Than A Wind In Summer?Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens3:28
29VIII When Most I Wink, Then Do Mine Eyes Best SeeBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Sir Eugene Goossens4:00
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