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Peter Grimes Benjamin Britten; Peter Pears, Claire Watson, Geraint Evans, Owen Brannigan, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Release: 04 Aug 2014 Europe, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD, Tracks: 45, Length: 2:22:22, Barcode: 028947874294
Release type: Other

Contents

CD #1
1 Peter Grimes: Prologue. "Peter Grimes!" (Hobson) 1:27
2 Peter Grimes: Prologue. "You sailed your boat round the coast" (Swallow) 3:04
3 Peter Grimes: Prologue. "Peter Grimes, I here advise you!" (Swallow) 2:09
4 Peter Grimes: Prologue. "The truth... the pity... and the truth" (Peter) 1:54
5 Peter Grimes: Interlude I: On the beach (Dawn) 2:57
6 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Oh! hang at open doors the net, the cork" (Women, Fishermen) 5:35
7 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Hi! Give us a hand!" (Peter) 3:18
8 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "I have to go from pub to pub" (Hobson) 1:58
9 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Let her among you without fault cast the first stone" (Ellen) 3:08
10 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Look, the storm cone!" (Balstrode) 2:41
11 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "And do you prefer the storm" (Balstrode) 4:56
12 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "What harbour shelters peace" (Peter) 1:11
13 Peter Grimes: Interlude II: The Storm 4:08
14 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Past time to close!" (Auntie) 4:21
15 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "We live and let live" (Balstrode) 1:57
16 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Have you heard? The cliff is down" (Keene) 1:22
17 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades" (Peter) 3:40
18 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Old Joe has gone fishing" (Keene) 2:28
19 Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "The bridge is down, we half swam over" (Hobson) 1:39
20 Peter Grimes: Interlude III: Sunday morning by the beach 2:24
21 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Glitter of waves and glitter of sunlight" (Ellen) 5:40
22 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Let this be a holiday" (Ellen) 2:59
23 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "This unrelenting work" (Ellen) 4:40
24 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Fool to let it come to this!" (Auntie) 2:18
25 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "What is it?" (Chorus) 1:02
26 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "People!... No! I will speak!" (Boles) 2:13
CD #2
1 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "We planned that their lives should have a new start" (Ellen) 2:27
2 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Swallow! Shall we go and see Grimes in his hut?" (Rector) 0:43
3 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Now is gossip put on trial" (Mrs. Sedley, Boles, Rector, Keene, Swallow, Chorus) 2:12
4 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "From the gutter, why should we trouble at their ribaldries?" (Nieces) 4:34
5 Peter Grimes: Interlude IV (Passacaglia) 5:27
6 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Go there!" (Peter) 7:18
7 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Now!... Now!..." (Boles, Rector, Swallow, Keene, Chorus) 2:09
8 Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Peter Grimes! Nobody here?" (Rector) 3:07
9 Peter Grimes: Interlude V: Evening 4:19
10 Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Assign your prettiness to me" (Swallow) 2:36
11 Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Pah!... Ahoy!" (Swallow, Keene) 2:48
12 Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Come along, Doctor!" (First Burgess) 3:18
13 Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness" (Ellen) 5:09
14 Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Mister Swallow! Mister Swallow!" (Mrs. Sedley) 1:59
15 Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Who holds himself apart, lets his pride rise" (Chorus) 3:45
16 Peter Grimes: Interlude VI: Fog 2:36
17 Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "Grimes! Grimes!" (Chorus) 4:55
18 Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "Peter, we've come to take you home" (Ellen) 2:29
19 Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "To those who pass the Borough" (Chorus) 5:00

Other Releases in Group (4)

Official

  1. Peter Grimes, Europe (19 Feb 2001), CD + CD (English) remastered at 96kHz in 24-bit digital stereo from the original analogue master tapes
  2. Peter Grimes, Europe (07 Aug 2006), CD + CD (English)
  3. Peter Grimes, Europe (2008), CD + CD (English)
  4. Peter Grimes, Europe (03 Jun 2016), Digital Media + Digital Media (English)

Links (2)

Discography Entry

  1. https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cat/4787429

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0004210714