Sir Colin Davis conducts one of the 20th century's greatest works, Britten's Peter Grimes. Recorded at the opening concerts in the LSO's centenary celebrations with a magnificent cast, this release was one of 2004's most exciting.

Composer Benjamin Britten
Conductor Sir Colin Davis
Performers London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
Soloists Glenn Winslade, Janice Watson, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Jill Grove, Sally Matthews, Alison Buchanan, Christopher Gillett, James Rutherford, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ryland Davies, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Lemalu

Peter Grimes: Act 1

1. Prologue "Peter Grimes!"
2. Prologue "The truth ... the pity ..."
3. Interlude 1
4. "Oh, hang at open doors ..."
5. "I'll give a hand ..."
6. "Let her among you without fault"
7. "Look, the storm cone!"
8. "And do you prefer the storm ..."
9. Interlude
10. "Past time to close!"
11. "We live and let live ..."
12. "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades"
13. "For peace sake ... Old Joe has gone fishing ..."
    

Peter Grimes: Act 2

1. Interlude 3
2. "Glitter of Waves"
3. "Now that the daylight fills the sky"
4. "Fool to let it come to this"
5. "We planned that their lives ..."
6. "From the gutter ..."
7. Interlude 4
8. "Go there!"
9. "In dreams I've built myself ..."
10. "The whole affair gives Borough talk ..."
    

Peter Grimes: Act 3

1. Interlude 5
2. "Assign your prettiness to me"
3. "Embroidery in childhood ..."
4. "Mr Swallow ..."
5. Interlude 6
6. "Grimes! ... Steady. There you are. Nearly Home."
7. "Peter, we've come to take you home"
8. "To those who pass the Borough sounds betray"
   

Release Date 12 July 2004
LSO0054 | 0822231105428
LSO0054-D | 0822231105466

Producer James Mallinson
Engineers Jonathan Stokes & Neil Hutchinson for Classic Sound Ltd
Recorded 10-12 January 2004, in the Barbican Hall, London

Booklet in English, French & German

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