Other author/creator | Harper, Heather, performer. |
Other author/creator | Bainbridge, Elizabeth, performer. |
Other author/creator | Vickers, Jon, performer. |
Other author/creator | Summers, Jonathan, 1946- performer. |
Other author/creator | Robinson, Forbes, performer. |
Other author/creator | Davis, Colin, 1927-2013, conductor. |
Other author/creator | Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956 librettist. |
Other author/creator | Royal Opera House (London, England), performer. |
Contents |
Prologue -- 1. "Peter Grimes!" (1:35) -- 2. "You sailed your boat" (3:24) -- 3. "Peter Grimes, I here advise you!" (2:11) -- 4. "The truth...the pity..." (2:01) -- 5. Interlude I (3:44) -- ACT ONE -- 6. "Oh, hang at open doors" (5:17) -- 7. "Hi! Give us a hand" (3:29) -- 8. "I have to go from pub to pub" (2:02) -- 9. "Let her among you" (2:30) -- 10. "Look, the storm come!" (2:42) -- 11. "And do you prefer the storm" (5:21) -- 12. "What harbor shelters peace" (1:30) -- 13. Interlude II (4:22) -- 14. "Past time to close!" (4:04) -- 15. "We live and let live" (1:54) -- 16. "Have you heard?" (1:25) -- 17. "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades" (4:08) -- 18. "Old Joe has gone fishing" (3:41) -- ACT TWO -- 19. Interlude III (2:38) -- 20. "Glitter of waves"(5:57) -- 21. "Let this be a holiday" (2:40) -- 22. "This unrelenting work"(4:35) -- CD 2 -- 1. "Fool to let it come to this!" (2:17) -- 2. "What is it?" (1:00) -- 3. "People!...No! I will speak!" (1:59) -- 4. "We planned that their lives" (2:30) -- 5. "Swallow! Shall we go!" (0:49) -- 6. "Now is gossip put on trial" (1:54) -- 7. "From the gutter" (4:38) -- 8. Interlude IV (5:25) -- 9. "Go there!" (8:15) -- 10. "Now!...Now!" (1:59) -- 11. "Peter Grimes! Nobody here?" (2:56) -- ACT THREE -- 12. Interlude V (4:47) -- 13. "Assign your prettiness to me" (2:30) -- 14. "Pah!" (2:30) -- 15. "Come along, Doctor!" (3:32) -- 16. "Embroidery in childhood" (1:46) -- 17. "Mr. Swallow!" (1:46) -- 18. "Who holds himself apart" (3:37) -- 19. Interlude VI (2:44) -- 20. "Grimes! Grimes!" (2:44) -- 21. "Peter, we've come to take you home" (2:34) -- 22. "To those who pass the Borough" (4:25). |
Local note | Little--305140014161 |
General note | Philips: 432 578-2 (432 579-2--432 580-2). |
General note | Opera in 3 acts; sung in English. |
General note | Libretto by Montagu Slater. |
General note | Edition recorded: Boosey & Hawkes. |
General note | Compact discs. |
General note | Analog recording. |
General note | Duration: 2:26:18. |
General note | Program notes and synopsis by Eric Walter White, and libretto in English (76 p.) laid in container. |
Performer |
Heather Harper, soprano ; Elizabeth Bainbridge, contralto ; Jon Vickers, tenor ; Jonathan Summers, baritone ; Forbes Robinson, bass ; other soloists ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Colin Davis, conductor. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded in London, April 1978. |
Genre/form | Operas. |
Genre/form | Operas. |
Publisher number | 432 578-2 Philips |
Publisher number | 432 579-2 Philips |
Publisher number | 432 580-2 Philips |