Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33
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Performer: Simon KeenlysideComposer: Benjamin Britten
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Performer: Sarah Walker
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus and Orchestra
Performer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Performer: Donaldson Bell
Performer: Lola Biagiioni
Performer: Maria Bovino
Performer: Jonathan Coad
Performer: Tom Cregan
Performer: Stafford Dean
Performer: Jonathan Fisher
Performer: Robbie Gill
Performer: Richard Hazell
Performer: Neil Jenkins
Performer: Stuart Kale
Performer: Christopher Keyte
Performer: Christopher Lackner
Performer: Felicity Lott
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-08-17
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Peter Grimes!
- You Sailed Your Boat Round The Coast
- Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You!
- The Truth - The Pity
- Interlude I: Dawn
- Oh Hang At Open Doors The Net
- Hi! Give Us A Hand!
- I Have To Go From Pub To Pub
- Let Her Among You Without Fault Cast The First Stone
- Look! The Storm Cone!
- And Do You Prefer The Storm
- They Listen To Money
- What Harbour Shelters Peace
- Interlude II: Storm
- Past Time To Close!
- Come On, Boy!
- Have You Heard The Cliff Is Down
- Now The Great Bear And Pleiades
- Old Joe Has Gone Fishing
- The Bridge Is Down
- Interlude III: Sunday Morning
- Glitter Of Waves And Glitter Of Sunlight
- Child You're Not Too Young To Know
- This Unrelenting Work
- Fool Let It Come To This!
- People-... No! Will Speak!
- We Planned That Their Lives Should Have A New Start
- Now Is Gossip Put On Trial
- From The Gutter
- Interlude IV: Passacaglia
- Go There!
- In Dreams I've Built Myself Some Kindlier Home
- Now!... Now!
- Peter Grimes! Nobody Here?
- Interlude V: Moonlight
- Assign Your Prettiness To Me
- Mister Keene!
- Come Along, Doctor
- Embroidery In Childhood Is A Luxury Of Idleness
- Mr Swallow, Mr Swallow
- Who Holds Himself Apart Lets His Pride Rise
- Interlude VI
- Grimes!
- Peter We've Come To Take You Home
- To Those Who Pass The Borough
Music reviews of Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33
Music Review: A fine orchestral approach
Rating: 4 Stars
Bernard Haitink brings an orchestral focus to this recording of Peter Grimes. There are some details in the brass and reeds that catch my ear, for instance the overlapping horn dissonances in the opening of Act II. The conductor uses the chorus as one large vocal instrument but sadly loses the clarity of the lyrics.
Anthony Rolfe Johnson handles the title role well and is able to evoke some sympathy toward the hard-driven outcast. His sinuous vocal descent on the word "Go" is masterful (Act II, Scene 2).
Thomas Allen is well suited for Balstrode, but Felicity Lott is not to my liking as Ellen Orford. Her art song delivery seems a little highbrow for this village school mistress. Having said that, her scene in Act II with Auntie and the two nieces is lovely. The four women blend like a string quartet, again perhaps owing to Haitink's direction.
There are some surprising gems in the supporting characters. For instance, Sarah Walker elevates Mrs Sedley from an opium-deprived alarmist to an impassioned advocate for the misused apprentice.
Peter Grimes has long been a favorite of mine and I feel we are fortunate to have a wealth of complete recordings to choose from.
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