bass vocals [1st bass: drunken poet, coridon, hymen] Thomas Hemsley
bass vocals [2nd bass: sleep, winter] Trevor Anthony
chorus St. Anthony Singers
composed by Henry Purcell
conductor Anthony Lewis
countertenor vocals [1st counter-tenor: second chinese man, secrecy, summer] John Whitworth
countertenor vocals [2nd counter-tenor: mopsa] Peter Boggis
harpsichord [harpsichord continuo] Thurston Dart
orchestra The Boyd Neel Orchestra
soprano vocals [1st soprano: first fairy, mystery, second woman] Jennifer Vyvyan
soprano vocals [2nd soprano; second fairy, night, chinese woman, spring, first woman, juno] Elsie Morison
tenor vocals [1st tenor: phoebus, autumn, first chinese man] Peter Pears
trumpet [trumpet obbligato] Harold Jackson
violin [violin obbligato] Granville Jones
Recorded At West Hampstead Studios
1957 recording - the first recording of the full work.
Matrix / Runout: ETT 401 (Side 1 label)
Matrix / Runout: ETT 402 (Side 2 label)
Matrix / Runout: ETT 403 (Side 3 label)
Matrix / Runout: ETT 404 (Side 4 label)
Matrix / Runout: ETT 405 (Side 5 label)
Matrix / Runout: ETT 406 (Side 6 label)