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Britten: Serenade, Nocturne and Les Illuminations

Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn)

London Symphony Orchestra & English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Britten: Serenade, Nocturne and Les Illuminations
Pears, as always, is the ideal interpreter, the composer a most efficient conductor, and the fiendishly difficult obbligato parts are played superbly.

Penguin Guide, 20104 out of 4 stars

Britten: Serenade, Nocturne and Les Illuminations

Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn)

London Symphony Orchestra & English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

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Pears, as always, is the ideal interpreter, the composer a most efficient conductor, and the fiendishly difficult obbligato parts are played superbly.

Penguin Guide, 20104 out of 4 stars

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  • Label: Decca
  • Catalogue number: 4363952
  • Length: 72 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31
Work length24:04
Prologue
Track length1:27
Pastoral - The Day's Grown Old
Track length3:37
Nocturne - The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls
Track length3:20
Elegy - O Rose, Thou Art Sick
Track length4:04
Dirge - This Ae Night
Track length3:49
Hymn - Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair
Track length2:02
Sonnet - O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight
Track length4:12
Epilogue
Track length1:33
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18
Work length22:07
I. Fanfare
Track length1:54
II. Villes
Track length2:32
IIIa. Phrase
Track length0:57
IIIb. Antique
Track length2:10
IV. Royauté
Track length1:37
V. Marine
Track length1:02
VI. Interlude
Track length2:21
VII. Being beauteous
Track length4:04
VIII. Parade
Track length2:48
IX. Départ
Track length2:42
Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings
Work length26:26
1. "On A Poet's Lips I Slept"
Track length3:26
2. "Below The Thunders Of The Upper Deep"
Track length3:18
3. "Encintured With A Twine Of Leaves"
Track length2:12
4. "Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, Ting"
Track length2:30
5. "But That Night When On My Bed I Lay"
Track length3:02
6. "She Sleeps On Soft, Last Breaths"
Track length4:30
7. "What Is More Gentle Than A Wind In Summer?"
Track length3:27
8. "When Most I Wink, Then Do Mine Eyes Best See"
Track length4:01

Awards and reviews

2010

Pears, as always, is the ideal interpreter, the composer a most efficient conductor, and the fiendishly difficult obbligato parts are played superbly.
4 out of 4 stars
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