Peter Grimes
Album by Britten; Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten
Released 19 February 2001
Tracklist
- Digital Media 1
- 1Peter Grimes: Prologue. "Peter Grimes!" (Hobson)Benjamin Britten1:27
- 2Peter Grimes: Prologue. "You sailed your boat round the coast" (Swallow)Benjamin Britten3:04
- 3Peter Grimes: Prologue. "Peter Grimes, I here advise you!" (Swallow)Benjamin Britten2:09
- 4Peter Grimes: Prologue. "The truth... the pity... and the truth" (Peter)Benjamin Britten1:54
- 5Peter Grimes: Interlude I: On the beach (Dawn)Benjamin Britten2:57
- 6Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Oh! hang at open doors the net, the cork" (Women, Fishermen)Benjamin Britten5:35
- 7Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Hi! Give us a hand!" (Peter)Benjamin Britten3:18
- 8Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "I have to go from pub to pub" (Hobson)Benjamin Britten1:58
- 9Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Let her among you without fault cast the first stone" (Ellen)Benjamin Britten3:08
- 10Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Look, the storm cone!" (Balstrode)Benjamin Britten2:41
- 11Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "And do you prefer the storm" (Balstrode)Benjamin Britten4:56
- 12Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "What harbour shelters peace" (Peter)Benjamin Britten1:11
- 13Peter Grimes: Interlude II: The StormBenjamin Britten4:08
- 14Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Past time to close!" (Auntie)Benjamin Britten4:21
- 15Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "We live and let live" (Balstrode)Benjamin Britten1:57
- 16Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Have you heard? The cliff is down" (Keene)Benjamin Britten1:22
- 17Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades" (Peter)Benjamin Britten3:40
- 18Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Old Joe has gone fishing" (Keene)Benjamin Britten2:28
- 19Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "The bridge is down, we half swam over" (Hobson)Benjamin Britten1:39
- 20Peter Grimes: Interlude III: Sunday morning by the beachBenjamin Britten2:24
- 21Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Glitter of waves and glitter of sunlight" (Ellen)Benjamin Britten5:40
- 22Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Let this be a holiday" (Ellen)Benjamin Britten2:59
- 23Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "This unrelenting work" (Ellen)Benjamin Britten4:40
- 24Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Fool to let it come to this!" (Auntie)Benjamin Britten2:18
- 25Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "What is it?" (Chorus)Benjamin Britten1:02
- 26Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "People!... No! I will speak!" (Boles)Benjamin Britten2:13
- Digital Media 2
- 1Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "We planned that their lives should have a new start" (Ellen)Benjamin Britten2:27
- 2Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Swallow! Shall we go and see Grimes in his hut?" (Rector)Benjamin Britten0:43
- 3Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Now is gossip put on trial" (Mrs. Sedley, Boles, Rector, Keene, Swallow, Chorus)Benjamin Britten2:12
- 4Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "From the gutter, why should we trouble at their ribaldries?" (Nieces)Benjamin Britten4:34
- 5Peter Grimes: Interlude IV (Passacaglia)Benjamin Britten5:27
- 6Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Go there!" (Peter)Benjamin Britten7:18
- 7Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Now!... Now!..." (Boles, Rector, Swallow, Keene, Chorus)Benjamin Britten2:09
- 8Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Peter Grimes! Nobody here?" (Rector)Benjamin Britten3:07
- 9Peter Grimes: Interlude V: EveningBenjamin Britten4:19
- 10Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Assign your prettiness to me" (Swallow)Benjamin Britten2:36
- 11Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Pah!... Ahoy!" (Swallow, Keene)Benjamin Britten2:48
- 12Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Come along, Doctor!" (First Burgess)Benjamin Britten3:18
- 13Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness" (Ellen)Benjamin Britten5:09
- 14Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Mister Swallow! Mister Swallow!" (Mrs. Sedley)Benjamin Britten1:59
- 15Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Who holds himself apart, lets his pride rise" (Chorus)Benjamin Britten3:45
- 16Peter Grimes: Interlude VI: FogBenjamin Britten2:36
- 17Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "Grimes! Grimes!" (Chorus)Benjamin Britten4:55
- 18Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "Peter, we've come to take you home" (Ellen)Benjamin Britten2:29
- 19Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "To those who pass the Borough" (Chorus)Benjamin Britten5:00
More by Britten, Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten
Release credits
- conductor
- choir vocals [1.6, 1.25, 2.3, 2.7, 2.15, 2.17, 2.19]
- soprano vocals [2.1, 2.13, 2.18, 1.9, 1.21-23]
- bass vocals [1, 8, 19]
- producer
- baritone vocals [2.3, 2.7, 2.11, 1.16, 1.18]
- baritone vocals [10-11, 15]
- contralto vocals [14, 24]
- tenor vocals [2-3, 7-8]
- recording
- mezzo-soprano vocals [3, 14]
- performing orchestra
- bass vocals [1.2-3, 2.3, 2.7, 2.10-11]
- tenor vocals [2.6, 1.4, 1.7, 1.12, 1.17]
- tenor vocals [2.3, 2.7, 1.26]
Issues
P2x CD (remastered at 96kHz in 24-bit digital stereo from the original analogue master tapes)19 February 2001
P2x CD7 August 2006
P2x CD2008
P2x CD4 August 2014
P2x Digital Media3 June 2016





