Peter Grimes (London 1945)
Bernard Haitink, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Thomas Allen (Baritone), Patricia Payne (Mezzo-soprano), Maria Bovino (Soprano), Gillian Webster (Soprano), Stafford Dean (Bass), Sarah Walker (Mezzo-soprano), Christopher Lackner (Bass-baritone), Richard Hazell (Bass-baritone), Neil Jenkins (Voice), Stuart Kale (Voice), Simon Keenlyside (Bass-baritone), David Wilson-Johnson (Bass-baritone), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Dame Felicity Lott (Soprano), Betty Allen (Voice), Karen Robertson (Soprano), Christopher Keyte (Bass), Donaldson Bell (Bass-baritone), Jonathan Fisher (Bass-baritone), Jonathan Coad (Bass-baritone), Lola Biagioni (Soprano), Edward Parry (Voice), John Winfield (Voice), Robbie Gill (Voice), Tom Cregan (Voice)
℗ 1993
Prologue
- 01:361. 'Peter Grimes! Peter Grimes!' (Hobson, Swallow, Peter)
- 03:272. 'You sailed your boat' (Swallow, Peter, Mrs Sedley, Chorus, Hobson, Ellen)
- 02:133. 'Peter Grimes, I here advise you!' (Swallow, Chorus, Hobson, Peter)
- 01:574. 'The truth … the pity …' (Peter, Ellen)
- 03:205. Interlude I
Act I
- 05:026. 'Oh hang at open doors' (Chorus, 1st Fisherman, Auntie, Boles, Balstrode, 2nd Fisherman, Rector, Nieces, Mrs Sedley, Swallow, Ned)
- 03:347. 'Hi! Give us a hand' (Peter, Boles, Balstrode, Ned, Auntie, Hobson)
- 01:588. 'I have to go from pub to pub' (Hobson, Chorus, Ellen, Ned)
- 02:579. 'Let her among you without fault' (Ellen, Hobson, Mrs Sedley, Ned)
- 02:4310. 'Look! The storm cone!' (Balstrode, Chorus, Ned, Boles, Auntie, Nieces)
- 05:2211. 'And do you prefer the storm' (Balstrode, Peter)
- 01:0712. 'What harbour shelters peace' (Peter)
- 04:2113. Interlude II
- 06:5214. 'Past time to close!' (Auntie, Mrs Sedley, Balstrode, Boles, Nieces, Fisherman)
- 01:3715. 'Have you heard? The cliff is down' (Ned, Auntie, Mrs Sedley, Balstrode, Nieces, Chorus)
Act II
- 03:4316. 'Now the Great Bear and Pleiades' (Peter, Chorus, Nieces, Boles, Balstrode, Auntie)
- 02:1817. 'For peace sake!' (Balstrode, Peter)
- 01:4518. 'The bridge is down' (Hobson, Ned, Ellen, Boles, Auntie, Nieces, Peter)
- 02:2919. Interlude III
- 09:0320. 'Glitter of waves and glitter of sunlight' (Ellen, Chorus, Rector, Peter)
- 04:4321. 'This unrelenting work' (Ellen, Peter, Chorus)
- 03:2022. 'Fool to let it come to this' (Auntie, Ned, Boles, Chorus, Mrs Sedley, Balstrode, Lawyer, Swallow, Fisherwoman, Nices, Rector)
- 02:0223. 'People! … No! I will speak!' (Boles, Chorus, Balstrode, Rector, Auntie, Ellen)
- 02:1524. 'We planned that their lives' (Ellen, Rector, Mrs. Sedley, Boles, Ned, Nieces, Auntie, Balstrode, Hobson, Swallow, Chorus)
- 00:4925. 'Swallow! Shall we go and see Grimes in his hut?' (Rector, Swallow, Balstrode, Mrs. Sedley, Nieces, Ned, Hobson, Chorus, Boles)
- 02:2126. 'Now is gossip put on trial' (Mrs Sedley, Boles, Rector, Ned, Swallow, Chorus)
Act III
- 05:0427. 'From the gutter' (Nieces, Auntie, Ellen)
- 05:2028. Interlude IV
- 07:1229. 'Go there' (Peter)
- 02:0930. 'Now! Now!' (Chorus, Peter, Boles, Rector, Swallow, Ned)
- 03:1731. 'Peter Grimes! Nobody here?' (Rector, Swallow, Ned)
- 04:2232. Interlude V
- 05:4333. 'Assign your prettiness to me' (Swallow, Nieces, Ned, Mrs Sedley)
- 02:5034. 'Come along, Doctor!' (Burgess, Burgesses, Rector, Mrs. Sedley, Ellen, Balstrode)
- 05:0835. 'Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness' (Ellen, Balstrode)
- 01:5936. 'Mister Swallow! Mister Swallow!' (Mrs Sedley, Auntie, Swallow, Hobson)
- 03:4437. 'Who holds himself apart, lets pride rise' (Chorus, Nieces, Mrs Sedley, Boles, Ned, Swallow, Hobson)
- 02:3538. Interlude VI
- 05:1039. 'Grimes! Grimes!' (Chorus, Peter)
- 02:4840. 'Peter, we've come to take you home' (Ellen, Peter, Balstrode)
- 04:2841. 'To those who pass, the Borough sounds betray' (Chorus, Swallow, Fisherman, Auntie, Boles, Rector, Nieces, Ned, Swallow, Hobson)
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