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Seven Sonnets Of Michelangelo, Op. 22 Text By [Poems] – Michelangelo Buonarroti
A1	Sonetto XVI: Si Come Nella Penna E Nell' Inchiostro
A2	Sonetto XXXI: A Che Più Debb'io Mai L'Intensa Voglia
A3	Sonetto XXX: Veggio Co' Bei Vostri Occhi Un Dolce Lume
A4	Sonetto LV: Tu Sa' Ch'io So, Signior Mie, Che Tu Sai
A5	Sonetto XXXVIII: Rendete A Gli Occhi Miei, O Fonte O Fiume
A6	Sonetto XXXII: S'un Castro Amor, S'una Pietà Superna
A7	Sonetto XXIV: Spirto Ben Nato, In Cui Si Specchia E Vede
Winter Words, Op. 52 Text By [Poems] – Thomas Hardy
B1	1. At Day-Close In November
B2	2. Midnight On The Great Western Or The Journeying Boy
B3	3. Wagtail And Baby (A Satire)
B4	4. The Little Old Table
B5	5. The Choirmaster's Burial Or The Tenor Man's Story
B6	6. Proud Songsters, Thrushes, Finches And Nightingales
B7	7. At The Railway Station, Upway Or The Convict And The Boy With The Violin
B8	8. Before Life And After

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Recorded At – West Hampstead Studios
• Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
• Printed By – Clout & Baker Ltd.
• Published By – Boosey
• Published By – Boosey & Hawkes

Credits

• Composed By – Benjamin Britten
• Mastered By – L
• Photography By – W. F. Davidson
• Piano – Benjamin Britten
• Producer [Uncredited] – James Walker
• Tenor Vocals – Peter Pears

Notes

Labels:
- Dark red (maroon) labels / silver text
- "Decca Eclipse" logo at 12 o'clock
- "MADE IN ENGLAND BY THE DECCA RECORD CO. LTD." at 12 o'clock
- "MONO RECORDINGS ELECTRONICALLY REPROCESSED TO GIVE STEREO EFFECT ON STEREO EQUIPMENT" above spindle hole
- ⓟ 1971 at 3 o'clock
- Publisher: Boosey for "Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo" (Side A, 9 o'clock)
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes for "Winter Words" (Side B, 9 o'clock)

Sleeve:
- Front laminated, overlapping right hand edge of sleeve back
- No flipbacks
- Sleeve notes in English only - © 1972, The Decca Record Company Limited, London (otherwise uncredited)
- "Mono recording electronically reprocessed to give stereo effect on stereo equipment" parallel to right-hand edge
- Listing of 5 further Eclipse LPs. with title, artists and Category
- Cover: Tarn Hows, Lake District
- Sleeve printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd.
- Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited

Other information:
- "Winter Words" was recorded on 17 March 1954 at West Hampstead Studios
- "Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo" was recorded on 16-18 December 1954 at West Hampstead Studios
- This release was first issued (mono only) in January 1956 on Decca LXT 5095

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): EAL-2455-1L K JT 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): EAL-2456-2L K JT 2D
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): EAL.2455
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): EAL.2456

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ECS 629	Britten* ; Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten	Britten* ; Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten - Winter Words / Seven Sonnets Of Michelangelo ‎(LP, RM, Lab)	Decca	ECS 629	UK	1972
LXT 5095	Britten* ; Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten	Britten* ; Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten - Winter Words / Seven Sonnets Of Michelangelo ‎(LP, Mono)	Decca	LXT 5095	UK	1956