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Offer,Britten: Peter Grimes
Stuart Skelton (Grimes), Erin Wall (Ellen), Roderick Williams (Balstrode), Susan Bickley (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), James Gilchrist (Horace Adams), Marcus Farnsworth (Ned Keene)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
The best feature of this new Grimes is the orchestral playing, similar in tempo and character to Britten’s own recording. Where Edward Gardner really scores is the Bergen Philharmonic’s precision,... — More…
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Gramophone MagazineOctober 2020Recording of the Month
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Presto Editor's ChoiceSeptember 2020
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2020
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OperaNovember 2020Disc of the Month
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The Times Records of the Year2020
Contents
Britten: Peter Grimes
- Stuart Skelton, Erin Wall, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Roderick Williams, Catherine Backhouse, David Hansford, Vernon Kirk, Marcus Farnsworth, Vibeke Kristensen, Hanna Husáhr, Susan Bickley, Robert Murray, Neal Davies, James Gilchrist, Barnaby Rea
- Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Choir of Collegiûm Mûsicûm, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edvard Grieg Kor, Bergen Philharmonic Choir
- Edward Gardner
Prologue: Peter Grimes! Peter Grimes!
Prologue: The Truth, the Pity, and the Truth
Prologue: Interlude I