tracks

Prologue - Hobson - 'Peter Grimes'
Swallow - 'You Sailed Your Boat Round The Coast'
Swallow - 'Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You'
Peter - 'The Truth - The Pity - And The Truth'
Interlude I
Act I
Scene 1 - Chorus - 'Oh, Hang At Open Doors'
Rector - 'Good Morning, Good Morning'
Peter - 'Hi! Give Us A Hand'
Hobson - 'I Have To Go From Pub To Pub'
Ellen - 'Let Her Among You Without Fault'
Balstrode - 'Look! The Storm Cone!'
Balstrode - 'And Do You Prefer The Storm'
Peter - 'They Listen To Money'
Peter - 'What Harbour Shelters Peace'
Interlude II
Scene 2 - Auntie - 'Past Time To Close
Auntie - 'Loud Man'
Fisherman - 'There's Been A Landslide Up The Coast'
Boles - 'No, I Mean Love'
Balstrode - 'Pub Conversation Should Depend'
Ned - 'Have You Heard The Cliff Is Down'
Peter - 'Now The Great Bear And Pleiades'
Balstrode - 'For Peace Sake'
Hobson - 'The Bridge Is Down'
Act II
Interlude III
Scene 1 - Ellen - 'Glitter Of Waves'
Chorus - 'Now That The Daylight Fills the Sky'
Ellen - 'Child You're Not Too Young'
Ellen - 'This Unrelenting Work'
Auntie - 'Fool To Let It Come To This'
Boles - 'People... No! I Will Speak!'
Ellen - 'We Planned That Their Lives'
Rector - 'Swallow - Shall We Go And See Grimes In His Hut?'
Chorus - 'Now Is Gossip Put On Trial'
Nieces - 'From The Gutter'
Interlude IV
Scene 2 - Peter - 'Go There!'
Peter - 'They Listen To Money'
Chorus - 'Now! Now!'
Rector - 'Peter Grimes'
Act III
Interlude V
Scene 1 - Swallow - 'Assign Your Prettiness To Me'
Mrs Sedley - 'Mr Keene'
Mrs Sedley - 'Murder Most Foul It Is'
Burgess - 'Come Along, Doctor'
Ellen - 'Embroidery In Childhood Was'
Mrs Sedley - 'Mr Swallow'
Chorus - 'Who Holds Himself Apart'
Interlude VI
Scene 2 - Voices - 'Grimes!'
Ellen - 'Peter, We've Come To Take You Home'
Chorus - 'To Those Who Pass The Borough'

notes

CARDBOARD OUTER SLEEVE:
- Double CD Box and separate LIner Booklet contained in outer cardboard sleeve. No booklet in CD Box.
- Back spine of sleeve with flap folded in / No front spine (open for easy CD box and booklet access)
- Catalog Number (on spine): CHAN 9447/8
- Front Cover of sleeve is identical in design to front inlay card
- Back Cover of sleeve very similar to back inlay card (see below), but the sleeve additionally includes the barcode (top right)
- Full-size double CD Box, with the two CDs housed in the outer trays (central section unused, with no trays inserted)

CDs:
- Silver label / red circle around circumference / black text
- Red "CHANDOS" logo (at 12 o'clock)
- "COMPACT disc DIGITAL AUDIO" logo / Label Code / "Made in the EU" / "MCPS" Rights Society (at 3 o'clock)
- Summary composer / title / performer details / TT 76:33 (CD 1), 70:38 (CD 2) (at 6 o'clock)
- Catalog Number: Chan 9447 (CD 1) / Chan 9448 (CD 2) / SPARS Code (at 9 o'clock)
- CD 1: Catalog Number: Chan 9447 / "2-disc set: CD 1" (at 9 o'clock)
- CD 2: Catalog Number: Chan 9448 / "2-disc set: CD 2" (at 9 o'clock)
- SPARS Code (at 9 o'clock)
- ℗ 1996 Chandos Records Ltd. (at 9 o'clock)
- © 1996 Chandos Records Ltd. (at 9 o'clock)

LINER:
- 188 pages (bound)
- Front Cover: Identical to outer cardboard sleeve front cover and front inlay card cover
- Page 2: Photograph of "Benjamin Britten at the Old Mill, Snape ca. 1944-45"
- Page 3: Comprehensive list of performing artists
- Pages 4 to 5: Detailed track listing / "TT 76:33" (CD 1) / "TT 70:38" (CD 2) / Overall timings for Acts I & III provided (Act II missing)
- Pages 6 to 17: Liner Notes & Synopsis in English
- Pages 2 to 4: full tracklist / performer details / "TT 58:08" (CD 1) / "TT 64:22" (CD 2)
- Pages 5 to 17: Liner Notes "© 1996 Philip Reed" / Artist Biographies (English)
- Pages 18 to 30: Liner Notes "© 1996 Philip Reed" / Artist Biographies (German)
- Pages 31 to 43: Liner Notes "© 1996 Philip Reed" / Artist Biographies (French)
- Pages 44 to 55: Liner Notes "© 1996 Philip Reed" / Artist Biographies (Italian)
- Pages 56 to 179:
--- Full Libretto in English with German, French & Italian translations
--- © 1996 Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
--- "Libretto and translations reprinted by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd."
- Pages 180 to 185: Photographs of performing artists etc.
- Page 186:
--- "Opera London gratefully acknowledges financial assistance from the City of London Festival, the Foundation for Sport and the Arts, the Esmée Fairbairn Trust and the Britten Estate Ltd."
--- Recording and Design credits
--- Recording venue Blackheath Concert Halls; 2-3 & 5-7 July 1995 & 31 August 1995
--- ℗ 1996 Chandos Records Ltd.
--- © 1996 Chandos Records Ltd.
--- "Printed in the EU"
- Page 187: Session photo
- Page 188 (Back Cover): Background image of water / Catalog Number: Chan 9447/8 (top right)

FRONT INLAY CARD:
- CHANDOS logo (top right)
- "Britten PETER GRIMES" (over black and white image of sky and clouds)
- "Philip Langridge Richard Hickox" (over colour image of water with photograph of Philip Langridge superimposed)
- Catalog Number (on spine): CHAN 9447/8

BACK INLAY CARD:
- Comprehensive list of performing artists (as per booklet page 3)
- Brief summaries of CD contents (Acts, Scenes etc.)
- "TT 76:33" (CD 1) / "TT 70:38" (CD 2)
- Catalog Number (top right & on spine): CHAN 9447/8
- SPARS Code (centre right)
- Label Code (bottom centre)
- ℗ 1996 Chandos Records Ltd. © 1996 Chandos Records Ltd. (bottom right)
- "Printed in the EU" (bottom right)

credits

Baritone Vocals [Captain Balstrode, Retired Merchant Skipper] – Alan Opie
Baritone Vocals [Ned Keene, Apothecary And Quack] – Roderick Williams (3)
Bass Vocals [Hobson, Carrier] – Matthew Best (2)
Bass Vocals [Swallow, A Lawyer] – John Connell (3)
Chorus – London Symphony Chorus
Chorus Master – Stephen Westrop
Conductor – Richard Hickox
Contralto Vocals [Auntie, Landlady Of 'The Boar'] – Ameral Gunson
Design – Guy Lawrence (2)
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Richard Smoker
Engineer [Sound Engineer] – Ralph Couzens
Libretto By – Montagu Slater
Libretto By [Derived From The Poem Of] – George Crabbe
Liner Notes – Philip Reed (3)
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Marianne Fernée,
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Anne Steeb, Bernd Müller (2)
Liner Notes [Italian Translation] – Marcella Barzetti
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Mrs (Nabob) Sedley, A Rentier Widow Of An East India Company's Factor] – Anne Collins
Orchestra – City Of London Sinfonia
Photography By [Alan Opie, Pamela Helen Stephen] – Robert Carpenter Turner,
Photography By [Benjamin Britten At The Old Mill, Snape] – Enid Slater
Photography By [Booklet Cover Image of Water] – Tony Stone Images
Photography By [Cover Photo Of Philip Langridge By] – Billy Rafferty,
Photography By [Janice Watson] – Hanya Chlala
Photography By [Richard Hickox, Aldeburgh Beach, Session Photo] – Nigel Luckhurst
Photography By [Roderick Williams] – S. L. Chai
Producer – Brian Couzens
Soprano Vocals [Ellen Orford, A Widow, Schoolmistress Of The Borough] – Janice Watson
Soprano Vocals [Niece 1, A Main Attraction Of 'The Boar'] – Yvonne Barclay
Soprano Vocals [Niece 2, A Main Attraction Of 'The Boar'] – Pamela Helen Stephen
Tenor Vocals [Bob Boles, Fisherman And Methodist] – John Graham Hall,
Tenor Vocals [Peter Grimes, A Fisherman] – Philip Langridge
Tenor Vocals [Rev. Horace Adams, The Rector] – John Fryatt
Typography [Booklet Typeset By] – Michael White-Robinson
Vocals [Boy (John), Peter's Apprentice] – Ned Harrison

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chandos Records Ltd
Copyright (c) – Chandos Records Ltd
Recorded At – Blackheath Halls
Made By – DADC Austria – A0100185585-0102
Made By – DADC Austria – A0100185585-0202
Published By – Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
Copyright (c) – Boosey & Hawkes Ltd

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