Peter Grimes

Album by Benjamin Britten & Stuart Skelton & Erin Wall & Bergen filharmoniske orkester & Bergen Filharmoniske Kor & Edward Gardner

Peter Grimes is a 1945 opera by English composer Benjamin Britten. The score combines lyric vocal writing, dissonant harmonies and evocative, sea-inspired orchestration with dramatic use of leitmotifs and psychological realism, placing it at a pivotal point in Britten's career and in the development of mid-20th-century British opera.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Prologue: Peter Grimes! Peter Grimes!
    6:40
  2. 2.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Prologue: The Truth, the Pity, and the Truth
    1:50
  3. 3.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Prologue: Interlude I
    3:12
  4. 4.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 1: Oh Hang at open Doors the Net, the Cork
    5:13
  5. 5.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 1: Hi! Give Us a Hand!
    3:18
  6. 6.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 1: I Have to Go from Pub to Pub
    4:53
  7. 7.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 1: Look! The Storm Cone!
    2:26
  8. 8.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 1: And Do You Prefer the Storm
    6:01
  9. 9.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 1: Interlude II
    4:27
  10. 10.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 2: Past Time to Close!
    4:43
  11. 11.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 2: Pub Conversation Should Depend
    2:56
  12. 12.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 2: Now the Great Bear and Pleiades
    2:28
  13. 13.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 2: He's Mad or Drunk
    1:02
  14. 14.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 2: Old Joe Has Gone Fishing
    2:13
  15. 15.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I Scene 2: The Bridge Is Down, We Half Swam Over
    1:38
  16. 16.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II: Interlude III
    2:13
  17. 17.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 1: Glitter of Waves
    3:39
  18. 18.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 1: Wherefore I Pray and Beseech You
    3:34
  19. 19.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 1: O All Ye Works of the Lord, Bless Ye the Lord
    5:18
  20. 20.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 1: Fool! To Let It Come to This!
    3:07
  21. 21.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 1: People, No! I Will Speak!
    1:56
  22. 22.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 1: We Planned That Their Lives Should Have a New Start
    2:18
  23. 23.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 1: Swallow, Shall We Go and See Grimes in His Hut?
    3:05
  24. 24.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 1: From the Gutter
    4:20

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 1: Interlude IV
    5:51
  2. 3.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 2: Go There! Go There!
    3:06
  3. 4.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 2: in Dreams I've Built Myself Some Kindlier Home
    3:15
  4. 5.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 2: Sometimes I See That Boy Here in This Hut
    3:00
  5. 6.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II Scene 2: Peter Grimes! Peter Grimes! Nobody Here?
    3:20
  6. 7.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III: Interlude V
    4:13
  7. 8.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III Scene 1: Assign Your Prettiness to Me
    2:48
  8. 9.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III Scene 1: Mister Keene! Mister Keene! Can You Spare a Moment?
    2:45
  9. 10.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III Scene 1: Come Along, Doctor!
    1:49
  10. 11.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III Scene 1: Is the Boat In?
    0:50
  11. 12.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III Scene 1: Embroidery in Childhood
    3:09
  12. 13.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III Scene 1: We'll Find Him, Maybe Give Him a Hand
    1:32
  13. 14.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III Scene 1: Mister Swallow! Mister Swallow!
    5:15
  14. 15.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III Scene 1: Interlude VI
    2:29
  15. 16.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III Scene 2: Grimes! Grimes!
    5:12
  16. 17.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III Scene 2: Peter, We've Come to Take You Home
    2:31
  17. 18.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III Scene 2: To Those Who Pass, the Borough Sounds Betray
    4:23

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