Tracklist
| Serenade For Tenor, Horn And Strings, Op. 31 | ||
| 1 | Prologue | 1:10 |
| 2 | Pastoral | 3:49 |
| 3 | Nocturne | 3:16 |
| 4 | Elegy | 4:18 |
| 5 | Dirge | 4:10 |
| 6 | Hymn | 1:55 |
| 7 | Sonnet | 4:01 |
| 8 | Epilogue | 1:19 |
| Seven Sonnets Of Michelangelo, Op. 22 | ||
| 9 | Sonetto XVI | 1:59 |
| 10 | Sonetto XXXI | 1:22 |
| 11 | Sonetto XXX | 3:16 |
| 12 | Sonetto LV | 1:48 |
| 13 | Sonetto XXXVIII | 1:54 |
| 14 | Sonetto XXXII | 1:20 |
| 15 | Sonetto XXIV | 4:50 |
| Winter Words, Op. 52 | ||
| 16 | At Day-Close In November | 1:37 |
| 17 | Midnight On The Great Western | 4:26 |
| 18 | Wagtail And Baby | 1:55 |
| 19 | The Little Old Table | 1:21 |
| 20 | The Choirmaster's Burial | 3:42 |
| 21 | Proud Songsters | 1:07 |
| 22 | At The Railway Station, Upway | 2:38 |
| 23 | Before Life And After | 3:18 |
Credits
- Art Direction – David Smart
- Composed By – Benjamin Britten
- Conductor – Benjamin Britten (tracks: 1 to 8)
- French Horn – Dennis Brain (tracks: 1 to 8)
- Orchestra – The Boyd Neel String Orchestra* (tracks: 1 to 8)
- Photography By – Alexander Bender, Angus McBean
- Piano – Benjamin Britten (tracks: 9 to 23)
- Producer – Boyd Neel (tracks: 1 to 8), James Walker (tracks: 9 to 15), Peter Andry (tracks: 16 to 23)
- Tenor Vocals – Peter Pears
- Words By – Alfred Lord Tennyson (tracks: 3), Anonymous (tracks: 5), Ben Jonson (tracks: 6), Charles Cotton (tracks: 2), John Keats (tracks: 7), Michelangelo* (tracks: 9 to 15), Thomas Hardy (tracks: 16 to 23), William Blake (tracks: 4)
Notes
Tracks 1 to 8: Recorded 25 May & 8 October 1944, Decca Studios, London NW6Tracks 9 to 15: Recorded 17/18 July 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
Tracks 16 to 23: Recorded 16/17 March 1954, Decca Studios, London NW6
© 1992 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 0 28942 59962 8
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 417 183-1 | Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears, Dennis Brain | Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears, Dennis Brain - Serenade / Winter Words / Michelangelo Sonnets (LP, Mono) | Decca | 417 183-1 | Europe | 1986 |
| 425 996-2 | Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears, Dennis Brain | Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears, Dennis Brain - Serenade / Winter Words / Michelangelo Sonnets (CD, Comp, Mono, RM) | Decca | 425 996-2 | UK & Europe | 1992 |
| D 120585, (425 996-2) | Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears • Dennis Brain • The Boyd Neel String Orchestra / Benjamin Britten | Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears • Dennis Brain • The Boyd Neel String Orchestra / Benjamin Britten - Serenade / Winter Words / Michelangelo Sonnets (CD, Comp, Mono, Club) | London Records, London Records | D 120585, (425 996-2) | US | 1992 |
| 417 183-4 | Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears, Dennis Brain | Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears, Dennis Brain - Serenade / Winter Words / Seven Sonnets of Michelangeo (Cass, Comp, Mono, Dol) | London Records | 417 183-4 | US | 1986 |
