Peter Grimes

Album by Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears & Benjamin Britten

Peter Grimes is an opera in three acts by the English composer Benjamin Britten, premiered in 1945. Musically it combines lyrical vocal writing, dramatic choral writing and a descriptive orchestral palette drawing on 20th-century tonal and modal language with maritime motifs, and it represented a pivotal work in Britten's career that helped establish his standing in mid-20th-century British opera.
First released: 19th February 2001

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Peter Grimes: Prologue. "Peter Grimes!" (Hobson)
    1:27
  2. 2.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "We planned that their lives should have a new start" (Ellen)
    2:27
  3. 3.
    Peter Grimes: Prologue. "You sailed your boat round the coast" (Swallow)
    3:04
  4. 4.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Swallow! Shall we go and see Grimes in his hut?" (Rector)
    0:43
  5. 5.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Now is gossip put on trial" (Mrs. Sedley, Boles, Rector, Keene, Swallow, Chorus)
    2:12
  6. 6.
    Peter Grimes: Prologue. "Peter Grimes, I here advise you!" (Swallow)
    2:09
  7. 7.
    Peter Grimes: Prologue. "The truth... the pity... and the truth" (Peter)
    1:54
  8. 8.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "From the gutter, why should we trouble at their ribaldries?" (Nieces)
    4:34
  9. 9.
    Peter Grimes: Interlude I: On the beach (Dawn)
    2:57
  10. 10.
    Peter Grimes: Interlude IV (Passacaglia)
    5:27
  11. 11.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Go there!" (Peter)
    7:18
  12. 12.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Oh! hang at open doors the net, the cork" (Women, Fishermen)
    5:35
  13. 13.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Hi! Give us a hand!" (Peter)
    3:18
  14. 14.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Now!... Now!..." (Boles, Rector, Swallow, Keene, Chorus)
    2:09
  15. 15.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Peter Grimes! Nobody here?" (Rector)
    3:07
  16. 16.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "I have to go from pub to pub" (Hobson)
    1:58
  17. 17.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Let her among you without fault cast the first stone" (Ellen)
    3:08
  18. 18.
    Peter Grimes: Interlude V: Evening
    4:19
  19. 19.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Look, the storm cone!" (Balstrode)
    2:41
  20. 20.
    Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Assign your prettiness to me" (Swallow)
    2:36
  21. 21.
    Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Pah!... Ahoy!" (Swallow, Keene)
    2:48
  22. 22.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "And do you prefer the storm" (Balstrode)
    4:56
  23. 23.
    Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Come along, Doctor!" (First Burgess)
    3:18
  24. 24.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "What harbour shelters peace" (Peter)
    1:11
  25. 25.
    Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness" (Ellen)
    5:09
  26. 26.
    Peter Grimes: Interlude II: The Storm
    4:08
  27. 27.
    Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Mister Swallow! Mister Swallow!" (Mrs. Sedley)
    1:59
  28. 28.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Past time to close!" (Auntie)
    4:21
  29. 29.
    Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Who holds himself apart, lets his pride rise" (Chorus)
    3:45
  30. 30.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "We live and let live" (Balstrode)
    1:57
  31. 31.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Have you heard? The cliff is down" (Keene)
    1:22
  32. 32.
    Peter Grimes: Interlude VI: Fog
    2:36
  33. 33.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades" (Peter)
    3:40
  34. 34.
    Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "Grimes! Grimes!" (Chorus)
    4:55
  35. 35.
    Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "Peter, we've come to take you home" (Ellen)
    2:29
  36. 36.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Old Joe has gone fishing" (Keene)
    2:28
  37. 37.
    Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "To those who pass the Borough" (Chorus)
    5:00
  38. 38.
    Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "The bridge is down, we half swam over" (Hobson)
    1:39
  39. 39.
    Peter Grimes: Interlude III: Sunday morning by the beach
    2:24
  40. 40.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Glitter of waves and glitter of sunlight" (Ellen)
    5:40
  41. 41.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Let this be a holiday" (Ellen)
    2:59
  42. 42.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "This unrelenting work" (Ellen)
    4:40
  43. 43.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Fool to let it come to this!" (Auntie)
    2:18
  44. 44.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "What is it?" (Chorus)
    1:02
  45. 45.
    Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "People!... No! I will speak!" (Boles)
    2:13

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