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Britten: Peter Grimes

Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces)

Orchestra and Chorus of...

Britten: Peter Grimes

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Almost 50 years on, Britten's own recording is still fresh. His conducting has great naturalness and the sound is amazing for 1958.

BBC Music Magazine, October 2007

Britten: Peter Grimes

Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces)

Orchestra and Chorus of...

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Almost 50 years on, Britten's own recording is still fresh. His conducting has great naturalness and the sound is amazing for 1958.

BBC Music Magazine, October 2007

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  • Release date: 11th Sep 2006
  • Label: Decca
  • Series: Originals
  • Catalogue number: 4757713
  • Length: 2 hours 21 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Britten: Peter Grimes
Work length2:21:58
"Peter Grimes!"
Track length1:27
"You Sailed Your Boat"
Track length3:04
"Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You!"
Track length2:09
"The Truth...the Pity..."
Track length1:54
Interlude I: On the beach
Track length2:57
"Oh, Hang At Open Doors"
Track length5:35
"Hi! Give Us a Hand"
Track length3:18
"I Have To Go From Pub To Pub"
Track length1:58
"Let Her Among You"
Track length3:08
"Look, the Storm Cone!"
Track length2:41
"And Do You Prefer the Storm"
Track length4:56
"What Harbour Shelters Peace"
Track length1:11
Interlude II: The Storm
Track length4:08
"Past Time To Close!"
Track length4:19
"We Live and Let Live"
Track length1:57
"Have You Heard?"
Track length1:22
"Now the Great Bear and Pleiades"
Track length3:40
"Old Joe Has Gone Fishing"
Track length2:28
"The Bridge Is Down, We Half Swam Over"
Track length1:39
Interlude III: Sunday Morning By the Beach
Track length2:24
"Glitter Of Waves"
Track length5:40
"Let This Be a Holiday"
Track length2:59
"This Unrelenting Work"
Track length4:40
"Fool To Let It Come To This!"
Track length2:18
"What Is It?"
Track length1:02
"People!...No! I Will Speak!"
Track length2:13
"We Planned That Their Lives"
Track length2:27
"Swallow! Shall We Go"
Track length0:43
"Now Is Gossip Put On Trial"
Track length2:12
"From the Gutter"
Track length4:34
Interlude IV: Passacaglia
Track length5:27
"Go There!"
Track length7:18
"Now!...Now!"
Track length2:09
"Peter Grimes! Nobody Here?"
Track length3:07
Interlude V: Evening
Track length4:19
"Assign Your Prettiness To Me"
Track length2:36
"Pah!"
Track length2:48
"Come Along, Doctor!"
Track length3:18
"Embroidery In Childhood"
Track length5:09
"Mr. Swallow!"
Track length1:59
"Who Holds Himself Apart"
Track length3:45
Interlude VI: Fog
Track length2:36
"Grimes! Grimes!"
Track length4:55
"Peter, We've Come To Take You Home"
Track length2:29
"To Those Who Pass The Borough"
Track length5:00

Awards and reviews

October 2007

Almost 50 years on, Britten's own recording is still fresh. His conducting has great naturalness and the sound is amazing for 1958.
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