Peter Grimes > Royal Opera


Show Details

Show
Peter Grimes (9)
Music
Benjamin Britten (31)
Lyrics
Montagu Slater
Book
Montagu Slater

Recording Details

Date
April 1978
Type
Audio / Stage Cast
Language
English
Location
UK / England / London
Theatre/Venue
Royal Opera House
Group/Studio
The Royal Opera
Conductor
Colin Davis (5)
Performer
Thomas Allen (53), Elizabeth Bainbridge (5), Teresa Cahill (2), John Dobson (2), Heather Harper (7), John Lanigan (4), Patricia Payne (2), Forbes Robinson (7), Jonathan Summers (4), Richard Van Allan (28), Jon Vickers (3)
Musician
Covent Garden, Orchestra Royal Opera House
Shortcode
[r38255]

Releases

Format
2-CD
Label
Philips 289 462 847-2
Released
1999-06-15
Barcode
028946284728
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# Tracks
44
Lists
4 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode
[rl59357]
Disc 1
1. Prologue: `Peter Grimes!` (Hobson, Swallow, Grimes)
2. Prologue: `You sailed your boat` (Swallow, Grimes, Mrs. Sedley, Hobson, Ellen)
3. Prologue: `Peter Grimes, I here advise you!` (Swallow, Hobson, Grimes)
4. Prologue: `The truth... the pity...` (Grimes, Ellen)
5. Prologue: Interlude I
6. Act I. `Oh, hang at open doors` (Auntie, Boles, Balstrode, Rector, Nieces, Mrs. Sedley, Keene, Swallow)
7. Act I. `Hi! Give us a hand` (Grimes, Boles, Balstrode, Keene, Auntie, Hobson)
8. Act I. `I have to go from pub to pub` (Hobson, Ellen, Keene)
9. Act I. `Let her among you` (Ellen, Hobson, Mrs. Sedley, Keene)
10. Act I. `Look, the storm cone!` (Balstrode, Keene, Boles)
11. Act I. `And do you prefer the storm` (Balstrode, Grimes)
12. Act I. `What harbour shelters peace` (Grimes)
13. Act I. Interlude II
14. Act I. `Past time to close!` (Auntie, Mrs. Sedley, Balstrode, Boles, Nieces)
15. Act I. ` We live and let live` (Balstrode)
16. Act I. `Have you heard?` (Keene, Auntie, Mrs. Sedley, Balstrode, Nieces)
17. Act I. `Now the Great Bear and Pleiades` (Grimes, Nieces, Boles, Balstrode, Auntie)
18. Act I. `Old Joe has gone fishing` (Keene, Auntie, Grimes, Hobson, Ellen, Boles, Nieces)
19. Act II. Interlude III
20. Act II. `Glitter of waves` (Ellen, Rector)
21. Act II. `Let this be a holiday` (Ellen, Grimes)
22. Act II. `This unrelenting work` (Ellen, Grimes)
Disc 2
1. Act II. `Fool to let it come to this!` (Auntie, Keene, Boles, Mrs. Sedley, Balstrode)
2. Act II. `What is it?` (Swallow, Nieces, Rector, Mrs. Sedley, Balstrode)
3. Act II. `People!... No! I will speak!` (Boles, Balstrode, Rector, Auntie, Ellen)
4. Act II. `We planned that their lives` (Ellen, Rector, Mrs. Sedley, Boles, Keene, Swallow, Nieces, Auntie, Balstrode, Hobson)
5. Act II. `Swallow! Shall we go` (Rector, Swallow, Balstrode, Mrs. Sedley, Nieces, Keene, Hobson, Boles)
6. Act II. `Now is gossip put on trial` (Mrs. Sedley, Boles, Rector, Keene, Swallow)
7. Act II. `From the gutter` (Nieces, Auntie, Ellen)
8. Act II. Interlude IV
9. Act II. `Go there!` (Grimes)
10. Act II. `Now!... Now!` (Boles, Rector, Swallow, Keene, Grimes)
11. Act II. `Peter Grimes! Nobody here?` (Rector, Swallow, Keene)
12. Act III. Interlude V
13. Act III. `Assign your prettiness to me` (Swallow, Nieces)
14. Act III. `Pah!` (Swallow, Keene, Mrs. Sedley)
15. Act III. `Come along, Doctor!` ( Rector, Mrs. Sedley, Ellen, Balstrode)
16. Act III. `Embroidery in childhood` ( Ellen, Balstrode)
17. Act III. `Mr. Swallow!` (Mrs. Sedley, Auntie, Swallow, Hobson)
18. Act III. `Who holds himself apart` (Swallow, Hobson)
19. Act III. Interlude VI
20. Act III. `Grimes! Grimes!` (Grimes)
21. Act III. `Peter, we've come to take you home` (Ellen, Grimes, Balstrode)
22. Act III. `To those who pass the Borough` (Swallow, Auntie, Boles)

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