Martyn Hill/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox/Frank Lloyd

Nocturne, Op. 60: VII. Sleep and Poetry

Nocturnes

Nocturne Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept (Shelley)

Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne, Noye's Fludde

Nocturne Op. 60: Below the thunders of the upper deep (Tennyson)

Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne, Noye's Fludde

Nocturne Op. 60: Encinctured with a twive of leaves (Coleridge)

Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne, Noye's Fludde

Nocturne Op. 60: Midnight's bell goes ting (Middleton)

Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne, Noye's Fludde

Nocturne Op. 60: When that night on my bed I lay (Wordsworth)

Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne, Noye's Fludde

Nocturne Op. 60: She sleeps on soft, last breaths (Owen)

Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne, Noye's Fludde

Nocturne Op. 60: WHat is more gentle than a wind in summer? (Keats)

Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne, Noye's Fludde

Nocturne Op. 60: When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare)

Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne, Noye's Fludde

Nocturne Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept (Shelley)

Britten - Vocal Works

Nocturne Op. 60: Below the thunders of the upper deep (Tennyson)

Britten - Vocal Works

Nocturne Op. 60: Encinctured with a twive of leaves (Coleridge)

Britten - Vocal Works

Nocturne Op. 60: Midnight's bell goes ting (Middleton)

Britten - Vocal Works

Nocturne Op. 60: When that night on my bed I lay (Wordsworth)

Britten - Vocal Works

Nocturne Op. 60: She sleeps on soft, last breaths (Owen)

Britten - Vocal Works

Nocturne Op. 60: WHat is more gentle than a wind in summer? (Keats)

Britten - Vocal Works

Nocturne Op. 60: When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare)

Britten - Vocal Works