‎Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 by Susan Bickley

Peter Grimes! Peter Grimes! (Hobson)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Barnaby Rea, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Stuart Skelton, Erin Wall, Bergen Philharmonic Chorus, Neal Davies, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

6:40

The truth - the pity - and the truth (Peter)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuart Skelton, Edward Gardner

1:50

Interlude I

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

3:12

Oh hang at open doors the net, the cork (Chorus of Fishermen and Women)

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

5:13

Hi! Give us a hand! (Peter)

Stuart Skelton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

3:18

I have to go from pub to pub (Hobson)

Edward Gardner, Barnaby Rea, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

4:53

Look! The storm cone! (Balstrode)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Roderick Williams, Edward Gardner, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

2:26

Ad do you prefer the storm (Balstrode)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Roderick Williams, Edward Gardner, Stuart Skelton

6:01

Interlude II

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

4:27

Past time to close! (Auntie)

Susan Bickley, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

4:43

Pub conversation should depend (Balstrode)

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Roderick Williams, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

2:56

Now the Great Bear and Pleiades (Peter)

Edward Gardner, Stuart Skelton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

2:28

He's mad or drunk (Chorus)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Stuart Skelton, Susan Bickley, Edvard Grieg Kor, Vibeke Kristensen, Bergen Philharmonic Chorus, Hanna Husáhr, Roderick Williams, Robert Murray, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

1:02

Old Joe has gone fishing (Keene and the Others)

Marcus Farnsworth, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

2:13

The bridge is down, we half swam over (Keene and the Others)

Barnaby Rea, Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

1:38

Interlude III

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

2:13

Glitter of waves (Ellen)

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Erin Wall, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Chorus, Edvard Grieg Kor

3:39

Wherefore I pray and beseech you (Rector)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, James Gilchrist, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

3:34

O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord (Chorus)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

5:18

Fool! to let it come to this! (Auntie)

Susan Bickley, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

3:07

People .No! I will speak!. (Boles)

Robert Murray, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

1:56

We planned that their lives (Ellen)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Erin Wall, Edward Gardner, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

2:18

Swallow - shall we go and see Grimes in his hut? (Rector)

James Gilchrist, Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

3:05

From the gutter (Nieces)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Vibeke Kristensen, Hanna Husáhr, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

4:20

Interlude IV

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

5:51

Go there! Go there! (Peter)

Stuart Skelton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

3:06

in dreams I've built myself some kindlier home (Peter)

Stuart Skelton, Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

3:15

Sometimes I see that boy here in this hut (Peter)

Stuart Skelton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

3:00

Peter Grimes! Peter Grimes! Nobory here? (Rector)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, James Gilchrist

3:20

Interlude V

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

4:13

Assign your prettiness to me (Swallow)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Neal Davies

2:48

Mister Keene! Can you spare a moment? (Mrs Sedley)

Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

2:45

Come along, Doctor! (First Burgess)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, James Berry

1:49

Is the boat in? (Ellen)

Edward Gardner, Erin Wall, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Roderick Williams

0:50

Embroidery in childhood (Ellen)

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Erin Wall

3:09

We'll find him, maybe give him a hand (Balstrode)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Roderick Williams

1:32

Mister Swallow! Mister Swallow! (Mrs Sedley)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Edward Gardner, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

5:15

Interlude VI

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

2:29

Grimes! Grimes! (Voices)

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

5:12

Peter, we've come to take you home (Ellen)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Erin Wall, Edward Gardner

2:31

To those who pass, the Borough sounds betray (Chorus, led by Soprano)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus

4:23

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Susan Bickley

Mezzo-Soprano
Edward Gardner

Conductor
Roderick Williams

Baritone, Baryton
Erin Wall

Soprano

Brian Pidgeon

Producer
Jonathan Cooper

Editing Engineer
Gunnar Herleif Nilsen

Assistant Engineer
Tony Watson

Cover Photography
Patrick Allen

Photography
Charles Kilpatrick

Stage Director
Andy Staples

Photography
Paul Foster-Williams

Photography
Roland Haupt

Photography
Julie Kim

Photography
Gerard Collett

Photography
Benjamin Ealovega

Cover Photography, Photography
Oddleiv Apneseth

Photography
Hans Jørgen Brun

Photography
Kristin Hoebermann

Photography
Anna Thorbjörnsson

Photography
Guðmundur Ingólfsson

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Mervyn Cooke

Liner Notes
Philip Reed

Liner Notes
Finn Gundersen

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Fernando Arias

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33

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Edward Gardner

Roderick Williams

Erin Wall

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33

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