Jean Watson

Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Peter Pears (Peter Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Marion Studholme (First Niece), Iris Kells (Second Niece), John Lanigan (Horace Adams) Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Nellie Melba (soprano)

Astrid Varnay (Sieglinde), Ramon Vinay (Siegmund), Hans Hotter (Wotan) & Martha Mödl (Brünnhilde) Joseph Keilberth

Ramón Vinay (Siegmund), Kurt Böhme (Hunding), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Amy Shuard (Sieglinde), Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) & Ursula Boese (Fricka) Covent Garden Orchestra & Opera Chorus, Franz Konwitschny

Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), Dennis Brain (horn), Peter Pears (Peter Quint), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel), Olive Dyer (Flora), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess), Norma Procter (alto), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs Julian), Dame Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere), Osian Ellis (harp), Noel Mewton-Wood (piano), Alan Busch (piano), Thurston Dart (harpischord), Julian Bream (guitar), Meriel Dickinson, Gwynne Howell, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Jenny Hill, Margaret Cable, John Elwes, Neil Jenkins, John Noble, Viola Tunnard (piano), Joan Dickson (piano) The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, English Opera Group Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, The Bach Choir, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Zorian String Quartet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Philomusica of London, Heinrich Schütz Choir, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Goldsbrough Orchestra, The St. Anthony Singers, London Sinfonietta, Aldeburgh Festival Singers, Steuart Bedford, Adrian Boult, Roger Norrington, Karl Münchinger, Eugen Jochum, Colin Davis, Witold Lutoslawski

Peter Pears (Albert), Sylvia Fisher (Lady Billows), Sheila Rex (Mum), John Noble (Mr Gedge), Catherine Wilson (Nancy), Joseph Ward (Sid), Johanna Peters (Florence Pike), Edgar Evans (Mr Upfold), April Cantelo (Miss Wordsworth), Owen Brannigan (Budd), Sheila Amit (Emmie), Anne Pashley (Cis), Stephen Terry (Harry), Peter Pears (Captain Vere), Peter Glossop (Billy Budd), Michael Langdon (Claggart), John Shirley-Quirk (Redburn), Bryan Drake (Mr Flint), Robert Tear (Novice), Benjamin Luxon (Novice's Friend), David Bowman (Donald), Robert Bowman (Squeak), Dennis Wicks (Dansker), Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs Julian), Dame Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere), Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Sir Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces), John Lanigan (Rector), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson) English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten