Britten: Peter Grimes Claire Watson
Album info
Album-Release:
1958
HRA-Release:
02.06.2016
Label: Decca
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Artist: Claire Watson, Benjamin Britten, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Peter Pears
Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- 1Peter Grimes!01:28
- 2You Sailed Your Boat03:04
- 3Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You!02:09
- 4The Truth...the Pity...01:54
- 5Interlude I: On the beach02:58
- 6Oh, Hang At Open Doors05:35
- 7Hi! Give Us a Hand03:19
- 8I Have To Go From Pub To Pub01:58
- 9Let Her Among You03:08
- 10Look, the Storm Cone!02:42
- 11And Do You Prefer the Storm04:57
- 12What Harbour Shelters Peace01:12
- 13Interlude II: The Storm04:08
- 14Past Time To Close!04:21
- 15We Live and Let Live01:58
- 16Have You Heard?01:22
- 17Now the Great Bear and Pleiades03:41
- 18Old Joe Has Gone Fishing02:29
- 19The Bridge Is Down, We Half Swam Over01:41
- ACT TWO Scene 1
- 20Interlude III: Sunday Morning By the Beach02:23
- 21Glitter Of Waves05:41
- 22Let This Be a Holiday03:00
- 23This Unrelenting Work04:41
- 24Fool To Let It Come To This!02:18
- 25What Is It?01:02
- 26People!...No! I Will Speak!02:14
- 27We Planned That Their Lives02:27
- 28Swallow! Shall We Go00:44
- 29Now Is Gossip Put On Trial02:12
- 30From the Gutter04:35
- 31Interlude IV: Passacaglia05:27
- ACT TWO Scene 2
- 32Go There!07:18
- 33Now!...Now!02:09
- 34Peter Grimes! Nobody Here?03:08
- ACT THREE Scene 1
- 35Interlude V: Evening04:18
- 36Assign Your Prettiness To Me02:38
- 37Pah!02:49
- 38Come Along, Doctor!03:19
- 39Embroidery In Childhood05:09
- 40Mr. Swallow!01:59
- 41Who Holds Himself Apart03:46
- 42Interlude VI: Fog02:35
- ACT THREE Scene 2
- 43Grimes! Grimes!04:57
- 44Peter, We've Come To Take You Home02:30
- 45To Those Who Pass The Borough04:53
Info for Britten: Peter Grimes
The definitive recording, conducted by the composer, and with Sir Peter Pears in the title role written for him.
“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)
Geraint Evans, baritone vocals (Ned Keene)
Owen Brannigan, baritone vocals (Swallow, Bass-Bariton)
James Pease, bass vocals (Captain Balstrode)
David Kelly, bass vocals (Hobson) (on track 7)
Jean Watson, contralto vocals (Auntie)
Lauris Elms, mezzo-soprano vocals (Mrs. Sedley)
Claire Watson, soprano vocals (Ellen Orford)
Marion Studholme, soprano vocals (Niece 1)
Iris Kells, soprano vocals (Niece 2)
Raymond Nilsson, tenor vocals (Bob Boles)
Peter Pears, tenor vocals (Peter Grimes)
John Lanigan, tenor vocals (The Rector)
Marcus Norman, treble vocals (John) (on track 2)
Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Douglas Robinson, chorus master
Recorded 2.-9. December 1958 at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
Produced by Erik Smith
Digitally remastered
No biography found.