Britten: Peter Grimes
Jon Vickers (Grimes), Heather Harper (Ellen), Jonathan Summers (Balstrode), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie), Teresa Cahill (First Niece), Anne Pashley (Second Niece), John Dobson (Bob Boles), Forbes Robinson (Swallow), Patricia Payne (Mrs Sedley), John Lanigan (Horace Adams), Thomas Allen (Ned Keene),...
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op.33 / Prologue
- Richard van Allan (bass (vocal)), Heather Harper (soprano), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), Forbes Robinson (bass (vocal)), Jon Vickers (tenor)
- Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1978-05-14
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
"Peter Grimes!"
"You sailed your boat"
"Peter Grimes, I here advise you!"
"The truth...the pity..."
Interlude I: On the beach
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op.33 / Act 1
- Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone), John Dobson (tenor), Richard van Allan (bass (vocal)), Forbes Robinson (bass (vocal)), Heather Harper (soprano), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), Anne Pashley (soprano), Teresa Cahill (soprano), John Lanigan (tenor), Jonathan Summers (baritone)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1978-05-14
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
"Oh, hang at open doors"
"Hi! give us a hand"
"I have to go from pub to pub"
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op.33 / Act 2
- Forbes Robinson (bass (vocal)), Heather Harper (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), John Dobson (tenor), Anne Pashley (soprano), John Lanigan (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), Jonathan Summers (baritone), Richard van Allan (bass (vocal)), Thomas Allen (baritone), Teresa Cahill (soprano)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1978-05-14
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
Interlude III: Sunday morning by the beach
"Glitter of waves"
"Let this be a holiday"
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op.33 / Act 3
- Jon Vickers (tenor), Forbes Robinson (bass (vocal)), John Lanigan (tenor), John Dobson (tenor), Teresa Cahill (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Anne Pashley (soprano), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), Jonathan Summers (baritone), Richard van Allan (bass (vocal)), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1978-05-14
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
Interlude V: Evening
"Assign your prettiness to me"
"Pah!"