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Britten: Peter Grimes

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Grimes), Felicity Lott (Ellen Orford), Thomas Allen (Balstrode), Patricia Payne (Auntie), Sarah Walker (Mrs Sedley), Simon Keenlyside (Ned Keene), Stafford Dean (Swallow), David Wilson-Johnson (Hobson), Maria Bovino (First Niece), Gillian Webster (Second Niece)

Chorus...

surely the most beautifully sung and played Grimes on disc, though the excellent ensemble, thoughtfully led by Rolfe Johnson, doesn't always evoke souls in torment. Words come across very clearly... — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 28th Jan 2008
  • Catalogue No: 5091562
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: Mid-Price Opera
  • Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

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Contents

Britten: Peter Grimes

Work length2:24:20
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  • Anthony Rolfe Johnson (vocals), Christopher Lackner (bass-baritone), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Donaldson Bell (bass-baritone), Edward Parry (vocals), John Winfield (vocals), Stafford Dean (bass), David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone), Neil Jenkins (vocals), Simon Keenlyside (bass-baritone), Stuart Kale (vocals), Thomas Allen (bass-baritone), Jonathan Coad (bass-baritone), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Keyte (bass), Jonathan Fisher (bass-baritone), Richard Hazell (bass-baritone), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), Maria Bovino (soprano), Tom Cregan (vocals), Robbie Gill (vocals), Gillian Webster (soprano), Lola Biagioni (soprano), Betty Allen (lead vocals), Karen Robertson (soprano)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orch.Of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
  • Bernard Haitink
  • Recorded: 1992-06-28
  • Recording Venue: 22-28 June 1992: Watford Town Hall

Peter Grimes (Hobson / Swallow / Peter)

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You sailed your boat round the coast (Swallow / Peter / Mrs Sedley / Chorus / Hobson / Ellen)

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Peter Grimes, I here advise you! (Swallow / Chorus / Hobson / Peter)

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The truth ... the pity (Peter / Ellen)

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Interlude I: Dawn

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Oh hang at open doors the net (Chorus / 1st Fisherman / Auntie / Boles / Balstrode / 2nd Fisherman / Rector / Nieces / Mrs Sedley / Swallow)

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Hi! Give us a hand (Peter / Boles / Balstrode / Ned / Auntie / Hobson)

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I have to go from pub to pub (Hobson / Chorus / Ellen / Ned)

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Let her among you without fault cast the first stone (Ellen / Hobson / Mrs Sedley / Ned)

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Look! The storm cone! (Balstrode / Chorus / Ned / Boles)

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And do you prefer the storm

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They listen to money (Balstrode / Peter)

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What harbour shelters peace (Peter)

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Interlude II: Storm

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Past time to close! (Auntie / Mrs Sedley / Balstrode / Boles / Nieces / Fisherman)

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Come on, boy! (Balstrode / Chorus)

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Have you heard? The cliff is down (Ned / Auntie / Mrs Sedley / Balstrode / Chorus)

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Now the Great Bear and Pleiades (Peter / Chorus / Nieces / Boles / Balstrode / Auntie)

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Old Joe has gone fishing (Ned / Chorus / Peter)

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The bridge is down (Hobson / Ned / Ellen / Boles / Auntie / Nieces / Peter)

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Peter Grimes Op. 33, ACT 2: Interlude III: Sunday morning

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Glitter of waves and glitter of sunlight (Ellen / Chorus / Rector)

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Child you're not too young to know (Ellen / Chorus / Rector / Peter)

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This unrelenting work (Ellen / Peter / Chorus)

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Fool to let it come to this! (Auntie / Ned / Boles / Chorus / Mrs Sedley / Balstrode / Lawyer / Swallow / Fisherwoman / Nices / Rector)

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People! ... No! I will speak! (Boles / Chorus / Balstrode / Rector / Auntie / Ellen)

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We planned that their lives should have a new start (Ellen / Rector / Mrs Sedley / Boles / Ned / Nieces / Auntie / Balstrode / Hobson / Swallow)

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Now is gossip put on trial (Chorus / Mrs Sedley / Boles / Rector / Ned / Swallow)

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From the gutter (Nieces / Auntie / Ellen)

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Interlude IV: Passacaglia

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Go there!

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In dreams I've built myself some kindlier home (Peter)

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Now! ... Now! (Chorus / Peter / Boles / Rector / Swallow / Ned)

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Peter Grimes! Nobody there? (Rector / Swallow / Ned)

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Peter Grimes Op. 33, ACT 3: Interlude V: Moonlight

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Assign your prettiness to me (Swallow / Nieces / Ned)

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Mister Keene! Mister Keene! Can you spare a moment (Mrs Sedley / Ned)

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Come along, Doctor! (First Burgess / Burgesses / Rector / Mrs Sedley / Ellen / Balstrode)

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Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness (Ellen / Balstrode)

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Mister Swallow! Mister Swallow! (Mrs Sedley / Auntie / Swallow / Hobson)

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Who holds himself apart, lets pride rise (Chorus)

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Interlude VI

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Grimes! Grimes! (Chorus / Peter)

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Peter, we've come to take you home (Ellen / Peter / Balstrode)

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To those who pass the Borough (Chorus / Swallow / Fisherman / Auntie / Boles)

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