Britten: Peter Grimes
Jon Vickers (Grimes), Heather Harper (Ellen), Jonathan Summers (Balstrode), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie), Teresa Cahill (First Niece), Anne Pashley (Second Niece), John Dobson (Bob Boles), Forbes Robinson (Swallow), Patricia Payne (Mrs Sedley), John Lanigan (Horace Adams), Thomas Allen (Ned Keene),...
the cast is fine and the tension cumulative
Britten: Peter Grimes
Jon Vickers (Grimes), Heather Harper (Ellen), Jonathan Summers (Balstrode), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie), Teresa Cahill (First Niece), Anne Pashley (Second Niece), John Dobson (Bob Boles), Forbes Robinson (Swallow), Patricia Payne (Mrs Sedley), John Lanigan (Horace Adams), Thomas Allen (Ned Keene),...
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the cast is fine and the tension cumulative
About
Beautifully packaged, and at budget price.
Full track-lists and synopses in English, German and French.
Artists
Jon Vickers (Grimes), Heather Harper (Ellen), Jonathan Summers (Balstrode), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie), Teresa Cahill (First Niece), Anne Pashley (Second Niece), John Dobson (Bob Boles), Forbes Robinson (Swallow), Patricia Payne (Mrs Sedley), John Lanigan (Horace Adams), Thomas Allen (Ned Keene), Richard Van Allan (Hobson)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis
Contents and tracklist
- Richard van Allan (bass), Forbes Robinson (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), Heather Harper (soprano)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1978-05-14
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
- Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), John Dobson (tenor), Jonathan Summers (baritone), John Lanigan (tenor), Teresa Cahill (soprano), Anne Pashley (soprano), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Forbes Robinson (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Richard van Allan (bass), Heather Harper (soprano)
- Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1978-05-14
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
- Heather Harper (soprano), John Lanigan (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), John Dobson (tenor), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), Jonathan Summers (baritone), Forbes Robinson (bass), Teresa Cahill (soprano), Anne Pashley (soprano), Richard van Allan (bass)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1978-05-14
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
- Forbes Robinson (bass), Teresa Cahill (soprano), Anne Pashley (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), John Lanigan (tenor), Heather Harper (soprano), Jonathan Summers (baritone), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Richard van Allan (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), John Dobson (tenor)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1978-05-14
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
Awards and reviews
July 2011
the cast is fine and the tension cumulative
2010 edition
Sir Colin Davis takes a fundamentally darker, tougher view of Peter Grimes than the composer himself. Jon Vickers's powerful, heroic interpretation sheds keen new light on what arguably remains the greatest of Britten's operas...A genuine bargain.
