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Peter Grimes (London 1945)

Libretto: Charles Montagu Slater
Sir Colin Davis, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Heather Harper (Soprano), Jonathan Summers (Baritone), Richard Van Allan (Bass), Forbes Robinson (Bass), Jon Vickers (Tenor), Patricia Payne (Mezzo Soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Alto), John Dobson (Tenor), John Lanigan (Tenor), Teresa Cahill (Soprano), Anne Pashley (Soprano), Thomas Allen (Baritone)
1978, London, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
44 Tracks, 2:26:11

  • Prologue

    • 1. "Peter Grimes!"
      01:36
    • 2. "You sailed your boat"
      03:23
    • 3. "Peter Grimes, I here advise you!"
      02:11
    • 4. "The truth...the pity..."
      02:01
    • 5. Interlude I: On the beach
      03:44

  • Act I

    • 1. "Oh, hang at open doors"
      05:16
    • 2. "Hi! give us a hand"
      03:30
    • 3. "I have to go from pub to pub"
      02:02
    • 4. "Let her among you"
      02:30
    • 5. "Look, the storm cone!"
      02:42
    • 6. "And do you prefer the storm"
      05:21
    • 7. "What harbour shelters peace"
      01:31
    • 8. Interlude II: The Storm
      04:22
    • 9. "Past time to close!"
      04:02
    • 10. "We live and let live"
      01:55
    • 11. "Have you heard?"
      01:25
    • 12. "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades"
      04:07
    • 13. "Old Joe has gone fishing"
      03:54

  • Act II

    • 1. Interlude III: Sunday morning by the beach
      02:38
    • 2. "Glitter of waves"
      05:57
    • 3. "Let this be a holiday"
      02:40
    • 4. "This unrelenting work"
      04:38
    • 5. "Fool to let it come to this!"
      02:17
    • 6. "What is it?"
      01:00
    • 7. "People!...No! I will speak!"
      01:59
    • 8. "We planned that their lives"
      02:31
    • 9. "Swallow! Shall we go"
      00:48
    • 10. "Now is gossip put on trial"
      01:55
    • 11. "From the gutter"
      04:37
    • 12. Interlude IV: Passacaglia
      05:25
    • 13. "Go there!"
      08:16
    • 14. "Now!...Now!"
      01:59
    • 15. "Peter Grimes! Nobody here?"
      02:55

  • Act III

    • 1. Interlude V: Evening
      04:47
    • 2. "Assign your prettiness to me"
      02:30
    • 3. "Pah!"
      02:54
    • 4. "Come along, Doctor!"
      03:33
    • 5. "Embroidery in childhood"
      04:57
    • 6. "Mr.Swallow!"
      01:45
    • 7. "Who holds himself apart"
      03:37
    • 8. Interlude VI: Fog
      02:43
    • 9. "Grimes! Grimes!"
      07:16
    • 10. "Peter, we've come to take you home"
      02:34
    • 11. "To those who pass the Borough"
      04:28