Daniel Harding - Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Les Illuminations, Song Cycle For High Voice & Strings, Op. 18
1. I. Fanfare
2. II. Villes
3. III a. Phrase
4. III b. Antique
5. IV. Royauté
6. V. Marine
7. VI. Interlude
8. VII. Being Beauteous
9. VIII. Parade
10. IX. Départ

Serenade, For Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31
12. II. Pastoral
13. III. Nocturne
14. IV. Elegy
15. V. Dirge
16. VI. Hymn
17. VII. Sonnet
18. VIII. Epilogue

Nocturne, For Tenor, 7 Obbligato Instruments And Strings, Op. 60
20. Below The Thunders With A Twine Of Leaves
21. Encinctured With A Twine Of Leaves
22. Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, Ting
23. But That Night When On My Bed I Lay
24. She Sleeps On Soft, Last Breaths
25. What Is More Gentle Than A Wind In Summer?
26. When Most I Wink, Then Do Mine Eyes Best See

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Daniel Harding
Tenor - Andrew Staples
Horn - Christopher Parkes