Offer,Britten: Peter Grimes
Philip Langridge (Peter Grimes), Janice Watson (Ellen Orford), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ameral Gunson (Auntie), John Graham-Hall (Bob Boles), John Connell (Swallow), Anne Collins (Mrs Sedley), Roderick Williams (Ned Keene);
London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Any reading that so potently confirms the genius of this piece must have a distinguished place in the discography. In the first place there's Langridge's tense, sinewy, sensitive Grimes. Predictably... — More…
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Britten: Peter Grimes
- Matthew Best (bass), Philip Langridge (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Janice Watson (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), John Fryatt (tenor), Yvonne Barclay (soprano), John Connell (bass), Ameral Gunson (contralto), Pamela Helen Stephen (soprano), Anne Collins (mezzo-soprano), John Graham Hall (tenor)
- London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia
- Richard Hickox
Prologue: Peter Grimes (Hobson, Swallow, Peter)
Prologue: You sailed your boat round the coast (Swallow, Peter, Mrs. Sedley, Hobson, Ellen, Chorus)
Prologue: Peter Grimes, I here advise you (Swallow, Hobson, Peter, Chorus)