Britten: Peter Grimes – Jon Vickers, Heather Harper, Jonathan Summers & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "Peter Grimes!"

Richard van Allan, Forbes Robinson, Jon Vickers & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

1:36

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "You sailed your boat"

Forbes Robinson, Jon Vickers, Patricia Payne & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

3:23

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "Peter Grimes, I here advise you!"

Forbes Robinson, Richard van Allan, Jon Vickers & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

2:11

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "The truth...the pity..."

Heather Harper, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

2:01

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: Interlude I: On the beach

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

3:45

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Oh, hang at open doors"

Elizabeth Bainbridge, John Dobson, Jonathan Summers & John Lanigan

5:16

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Hi! give us a hand"

Jon Vickers, John Dobson & Jonathan Summers

3:31

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "I have to go from pub to pub"

Richard van Allan, Heather Harper & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

2:02

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Let her among you"

Heather Harper, Richard van Allan & Patricia Payne

2:30

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Look, the storm cone!"

Jonathan Summers, John Dobson & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

2:42

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "And do you prefer the storm"

Jonathan Summers, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

5:21

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "What harbour shelters peace"

Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

1:31

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: Interlude II: The Storm

Elizabeth Bainbridge, Patricia Payne, Jonathan Summers & John Dobson

4:22

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Past time to close!"

Jonathan Summers, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Patricia Payne & John Dobson

4:03

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "We live and let live"

Jonathan Summers, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

1:55

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Have you heard?"

Elizabeth Bainbridge, Patricia Payne & Jonathan Summers

1:26

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades"

Jon Vickers, Teresa Cahill, Anne Pashley & John Dobson

4:08

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Old Joe has gone fishing"

Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jon Vickers & Richard van Allan

3:54

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: Interlude III: Sunday morning by the beach

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

2:38

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Glitter of waves"

Heather Harper, John Lanigan, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

5:58

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Let this be a holiday"

Heather Harper, Jon Vickers, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

2:40

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "This unrelenting work"

Heather Harper, Jon Vickers, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

4:39

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Fool to let it come to this!"

Elizabeth Bainbridge, John Dobson & Patricia Payne

2:17

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "What is it?"

Forbes Robinson, Teresa Cahill, Anne Pashley & John Lanigan

1:00

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "People!...No! I will speak!"

John Dobson, Jonathan Summers, John Lanigan & Elizabeth Bainbridge

1:59

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "We planned that their lives"

Heather Harper, John Lanigan, Patricia Payne & John Dobson

2:31

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Swallow! Shall we go"

John Lanigan, Forbes Robinson, Jonathan Summers & Patricia Payne

0:49

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Now is gossip put on trial"

Patricia Payne, John Dobson & John Lanigan

1:55

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "From the gutter"

Teresa Cahill, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Heather Harper & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

4:38

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: Interlude IV: Passacaglia

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

5:25

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Go there!"

Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

8:16

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Now!...Now!"

John Dobson, John Lanigan & Forbes Robinson

1:59

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Peter Grimes! Nobody here?"

John Lanigan, Forbes Robinson & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

2:56

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: Interlude V: Evening

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

4:48

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Assign your prettiness to me"

Forbes Robinson, Teresa Cahill, Anne Pashley & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

2:30

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Pah!"

Forbes Robinson, Patricia Payne & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

2:55

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Come along, Doctor!"

John Lanigan, Patricia Payne, Heather Harper & Jonathan Summers

3:34

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Embroidery in childhood"

Heather Harper, Jonathan Summers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

4:57

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Mr.Swallow!"

Patricia Payne, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Forbes Robinson & Richard van Allan

1:45

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Who holds himself apart"

Forbes Robinson, Richard van Allan, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

3:38

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: Interlude VI: Fog

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

2:43

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Grimes! Grimes!"

Jon Vickers, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

7:16

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Peter, we've come to take you home"

Heather Harper, Jon Vickers, Jonathan Summers & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

2:34

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "To those who pass the Borough"

Forbes Robinson, Elizabeth Bainbridge, John Dobson & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

4:28

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