‎Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 by Stuart Skelton

Peter Grimes! Peter Grimes! (Hobson)

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Barnaby Rea, Erin Wall, Stuart Skelton, Neal Davies, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Edvard Grieg Kor, Bergen Philharmonic Chorus, 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)

Edward Gardner, Stuart Skelton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

3:18

I have to go from pub to pub (Hobson)

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

4:53

Look! The storm cone! (Balstrode)

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

2:26

Ad do you prefer the storm (Balstrode)

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

6:01

Interlude II

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

4:27

Past time to close! (Auntie)

Susan Bickley, Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

4:43

Pub conversation should depend (Balstrode)

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

1:02

Old Joe has gone fishing (Keene and the Others)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Marcus Farnsworth

2:13

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

Barnaby Rea, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

1:38

Interlude III

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

2:13

Glitter of waves (Ellen)

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

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)

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

5:18

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

Edward Gardner, Susan Bickley, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, 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)

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

2:18

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

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

3:05

From the gutter (Nieces)

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

4:20

Interlude IV

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

5:51

Go there! Go there! (Peter)

Edward Gardner, Stuart Skelton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

3:06

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

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Stuart Skelton

3:15

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

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

3:00

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

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gilchrist

3:20

Interlude V

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

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)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Edward Gardner

2:45

Come along, Doctor! (First Burgess)

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Berry

1:49

Is the boat in? (Ellen)

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

0:50

Embroidery in childhood (Ellen)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Erin Wall, Edward Gardner

3:09

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

Edward Gardner, Roderick Williams, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

1:32

Mister Swallow! Mister Swallow! (Mrs Sedley)

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

5:15

Interlude VI

Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

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, Edward Gardner, Erin Wall

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
Stuart Skelton

Tenor
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra
Erin Wall

Soprano
Susan Bickley

Mezzo-Soprano

Brian Pidgeon

Producer
Jonathan Cooper

Editing Engineer
Gunnar Herleif Nilsen

Assistant Engineer
Mervyn Cooke

Liner Notes
Philip Reed

Liner Notes
Fernando Arias

Photography
Finn Gundersen

Booklet Editor
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

Photography

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33

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Stuart Skelton

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Erin Wall

Susan Bickley

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33

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