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Artwork for Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate

Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept

Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate

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  1. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1, also Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles), Something (The Beatles) and A Day in the Life (The Beatles)

  2. Engineered by Mark Vigars, also Silly Love Songs (Wings), Let ’Em In (Wings) and Hi, Hi, Hi (Wings)

  3. Released on EMI Classics, also Samson et Dalila : « Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix » (Maria Callas), Tosca: “Vissi d'arte” (Tosca) (Maria Callas) and Orphée et Eurydice : « J’ai perdu mon Eurydice » (Maria Callas)

  4. Produced by David Groves, also In Paradisum (Requiem) (Choir of King’s College, Cambridge), Messa da Requiem: II. Sequenza. Ingemisco (Tenor) (Luciano Pavarotti) and Gloria in D major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo (Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus)

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Written by
Benjamin Britten
Produced by
David Groves
Performed by
Robert Tear
Engineered by
Mark Vigars
Part of
Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings / Nocturne / Les Illuminations
Recorded at
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1
Released on
EMI Classics

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was performed by Robert Tear

    Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was performed by Robert Tear

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was produced by David Groves

    Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was produced by David Groves

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was written by Benjamin Britten

    Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was written by Benjamin Britten

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept is part of the release Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings / Nocturne / Les Illuminations

    Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept is part of the release Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings / Nocturne / Les Illuminations

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was recorded at Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1

    Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was recorded at Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz EMI Classics is the label of the song Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept

    EMI Classics is the label of the song Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was engineered by Mark Vigars

    Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was engineered by Mark Vigars

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was released on 2006-03-24

    Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60: On a poet's lips I slept was released on 2006-03-24

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026