Benjamin BrittenNocturne, Op.60Nicholas McGegan (conductor) · Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (orchestra) · Robert Tear/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey TateModern8 Mvts. · 27 min 31 sCompare all recordings of this workMovementsBritten: Nocturne, Op. 60: I. Prometheus Unbound, "On a Poet’s Lips I Slept"3 min 31 sPlays this movementBritten: Nocturne, Op. 60: II. The Kraken, "Below the thunders of the upper deep"3 min 29 sPlays this movementBritten: Nocturne, Op. 60: III. The Wanderings of Cain, "Encinctured with a twine of leaves"2 min 13 sPlays this movementBritten: Nocturne, Op. 60: IV. Blurt, Master Constable, "Midnight's bell"2 min 24 sPlays this movementBritten: Nocturne, Op. 60: V. The Prelude, "But that night when on my bed I lay"3 min 03 sPlays this movementBritten: Nocturne, Op. 60: VI. The Kind Ghosts, "She sleeps on soft, last breaths"4 min 38 sPlays this movementBritten: Nocturne, Op. 60: VII. Sleep and Poetry, "What is more gentle"3 min 01 sPlays this movementBritten: Nocturne, Op. 60: VIII. Sonnet XLIII, "When most I wink"5 min 10 sPlays this movementPerformersNicholas McGeganConductorOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentOrchestraRobert Tear/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey TateCreditsAlbumMendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's DreamLabelWarner ClassicsRecording year1997
