Britten: Peter Grimes

Cat. No. CHAN 9447(2)

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No. of discs: 2

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Opera - Peter Grimes

Benjamin Britten

Peter Grimes Op 33

147:11

COMPACT DISC ONE

76:33

Prologue - Hobson - 'Peter Grimes'

1:25

Swallow - 'You sailed your boat round the coast'

3:05

Swallow - 'Peter Grimes, I here advise you'

2:05

Peter - 'The truth - the pity - and the truth'

1:56

Interlude I

3:14

Act I

45:53

Scene 1 - Chorus - 'Oh, hang at open doors'

4:42

Rector - 'Good morning, good morning!'

1:04

Peter - 'Hi! Give us a hand'

3:42

Hobson - 'I'll have to go from pub to pub'

2:00

Ellen - 'Let her among you without fault'

3:13

Balstrode - 'Look! The storm cone!'

2:47

Balstrode - 'And do you prefer the storm'

3:31

Peter - 'They listen to money'

1:32

Peter - 'What harbour shelters peace'

1:04

Interlude II

4:11

Scene 2

Auntie - 'Past time to close'

2:16

Aunti - 'Loud man'

1:05

Fisherman - 'There's been a landslide up the coast'

1:08

Boles - 'No, I mean love'

0:37

Balstrode - 'Pub conversation should depend'

1:35

Ned - 'Have you heard the cliff is down'

1:39

Peter - 'Now the Great Bear and Pleiades'

3:42

Balstrode - 'For peace sake'

2:29

Hobson - 'The bridge is down'

1:35

Act II

Interlude III

2:29

Scene 1

Ellen - 'Glitter of waves'

1:33

Chorus - 'Now that the daylight fills the sky'

3:40

Ellen - 'Child you're not too young'

3:15

Ellen - 'This unrelenting work'

4:26

Aunti - 'Fool to let it come to this'

3:18

Boles - 'People . . . No! I will speak!'

2:05

COMPACT DISC TWO

70:38

Ellen - 'We planned that their lives'

2:29

Rector - 'Swallow - shall we go and see Grimes in his hut?'

0:44

Chorus - 'Now gossip is put on trial'

2:18

Nieces - 'From the gutter'

4:35

Interlude IV

5:48

Scene 2

Peter - 'Go there!'

2:03

Peter - 'They listen to money'

5:04

Chorus - 'Now! Now!'

2:14

Rector - 'Peter Grimes'

3:20

Act III

41:55

Interlude V

5:09

Scene 1 - Swallow - 'Assign your prettiness to me'

3:02

Mrs Sedley - 'Mr Keene'

1:31

Mrs Sedley - 'Murder most foul it is'

1:33

Burgess - 'Come along, Doctor'

2:57

Ellen - 'Embroidery in childhood was'

5:50

Mrs Sedley - 'Mr Swallow'

2:03

Chorus - 'Who holds himself apart'

3:57

Interlude Vi

2:46

Scene 2

Voices - 'Grimes!'

5:23

Ellen - 'Peter, we've come to take you home'

2:41

Chorus - 'To those who pass the Borough'

5:04

Alan Opie baritone

Ameral Gunson contralto

Anne Collins contralto

Janice Watson soprano

John Connell bass

John Fryatt tenor

John Graham Hall tenor

Matthew Best bass

Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano

Philip Langridge tenor

Roderick Williams baritone

Yvonne Barclay soprano

London Symphony Chorus

Opera London

City of London Sinfonia

Richard Hickox

Recorded in:

Blackheath Halls, London

2-3, 5-7 July & 31 August 1995

Producer(s)

Ralph Couzens

Sound Engineer(s)

Ralph Couzens

Richard Smoker (Assistant)


			Awards
			Penguin Guide ***>
			Grammy Award>

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz

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