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Nocturne for Tenor, Seven Obbligato Instruments and Strings op. 60 (1958)

Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears (Tenor), Osian Ellis (Harp), Alexander Murray (Flute), Gervase de Peyer (Clarinet), Roger Lord (Cor Anglais), Barry Tuckwell (Horn), William Waterhouse (Bassoon), Denis Blyth (Timpani)
1963, London, Kingsway Hall
8 Tracks, 26:27
    • 1. On a poet's lips I slept
      03:23
    • 2. Below the thunders of the upper deep
      03:18
    • 3. Encintured with a twine of leaves
      02:12
    • 4. Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting
      02:30
    • 5. But that night when on my bed I lay
      03:03
    • 6. She sleeps on soft, last breaths
      04:31
    • 7. What is more gentle than a wind in summer?
      03:28
    • 8. When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see
      04:02