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CHAN 9447
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Britten: Peter Grimes
Running Time: 146:54
Release Date: February 1996
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
Baritone Voice baritone
Alan Opie
Alan Opie
Solo contralto
Ameral Gunson
Ameral Gunson
Solo contralto
Anne Collins
Anne Collins
Soprano Voice soprano
Janice Watson
Janice Watson
Solo bass
John Connell
John Connell
Solo tenor
John Fryatt
John Fryatt
Solo tenor
Emily Hall
Emily Hall
Solo bass
Matthew Best
Matthew Best
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano
Pamela Helen Stephen
Pamela Helen Stephen
Tenor Voice tenor
Philip Langridge
Philip Langridge
Solo baritone
Roderick Williams
Roderick Williams
Solo soprano
Yvonne Barclay
Yvonne Barclay
Choral
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
Choral
Opera London
Opera London
Orchestra
City of London Sinfonia
City of London Sinfonia
Conductor
Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox
Venue
Blackheath Halls, London
Blackheath Halls, London
Producer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Richard Smoker
Richard Smoker
Genre:
Opera
Opera
Temporarily out of stock
Opera - Peter Grimes
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Peter Grimes Op 33
147:11
COMPACT DISC ONE: 76:33
1.
Prologue - Hobson - 'Peter Grimes'
1:25
2.
Swallow - 'You sailed your boat round the coast'
3:05
3.
Swallow - 'Peter Grimes, I here advise you'
2:05
4.
Peter - 'The truth - the pity - and the truth'
1:56
5.
Interlude I
3:14
Act I
45:53
6.
Scene 1 - Chorus - 'Oh, hang at open doors'
4:42
7.
Rector - 'Good morning, good morning!'
1:04
8.
Peter - 'Hi! Give us a hand'
3:42
9.
Hobson - 'I'll have to go from pub to pub'
2:00
10.
Ellen - 'Let her among you without fault'
3:13
11.
Balstrode - 'Look! The storm cone!'
2:47
12.
Balstrode - 'And do you prefer the storm'
3:31
13.
Peter - 'They listen to money'
1:32
14.
Peter - 'What harbour shelters peace'
1:04
15.
Interlude II
4:11
Scene 2
16.
Auntie - 'Past time to close'
2:16
17.
Aunti - 'Loud man'
1:05
18.
Fisherman - 'There's been a landslide up the coast'
1:08
19.
Boles - 'No, I mean love'
0:37
20.
Balstrode - 'Pub conversation should depend'
1:35
21.
Ned - 'Have you heard the cliff is down'
1:39
22.
Peter - 'Now the Great Bear and Pleiades'
3:42
23.
Balstrode - 'For peace sake'
2:29
24.
Hobson - 'The bridge is down'
1:35
Act II
25.
Interlude III
2:29
Scene 1
26.
Ellen - 'Glitter of waves'
1:33
27.
Chorus - 'Now that the daylight fills the sky'
3:40
28.
Ellen - 'Child you're not too young'
3:15
29.
Ellen - 'This unrelenting work'
4:26
30.
Aunti - 'Fool to let it come to this'
3:18
31.
Boles - 'People . . . No! I will speak!'
2:05
COMPACT DISC TWO: 70:38
1.
Ellen - 'We planned that their lives'
2:29
2.
Rector - 'Swallow - shall we go and see Grimes in his hut?'
0:44
3.
Chorus - 'Now gossip is put on trial'
2:18
4.
Nieces - 'From the gutter'
4:35
5.
Interlude IV
5:48
Scene 2
6.
Peter - 'Go there!'
2:03
7.
Peter - 'They listen to money'
5:04
8.
Chorus - 'Now! Now!'
2:14
9.
Rector - 'Peter Grimes'
3:20
Act III: 41:55
10.
Interlude V
5:09
11.
Scene 1 - Swallow - 'Assign your prettiness to me'
3:02
12.
Mrs Sedley - 'Mr Keene'
1:31
13.
Mrs Sedley - 'Murder most foul it is'
1:33
14.
Burgess - 'Come along, Doctor'
2:57
15.
Ellen - 'Embroidery in childhood was'
5:50
16.
Mrs Sedley - 'Mr Swallow'
2:03
17.
Chorus - 'Who holds himself apart'
3:57
18.
Interlude Vi
2:46
Scene 2
19.
Voices - 'Grimes!'
5:23
20.
Ellen - 'Peter, we've come to take you home'
2:41
21.
Chorus - 'To those who pass the Borough'
5:04
Solo: Ameral Gunson contralto
Solo: Anne Collins contralto
Solo: John Connell bass
Solo: John Fryatt tenor
Solo: Emily Hall tenor
Solo: Matthew Best bass
Solo: Roderick Williams baritone
Solo: Yvonne Barclay soprano
Choral: London Symphony Chorus
Choral: Opera London
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia
Conductor: Richard Hickox
2-3, 5-7 July & 31 August 1995
