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Alan Opie (Performer), Roderick Williams (Performer), John Connell (Performer), Matthew Best (Performer), Benjamin Britten (Composer), Richard Hickox (Conductor), Stephen Westrop (Conductor), Anne Collins (Performer), City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra), London Sinfonia (Orchestra), London Symphony Chorus (Orchestra), Janice Watson (Performer), Pamela Helen Stephen (Performer), Yvonne Barclay (Performer), John Fryatt (Performer), John Graham Hall (Performer), John Graham-Hill (Performer), Ned Harrison (Performer), Philip Langridge (Performer)
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  • Performer: Alan Opie, Roderick Williams, John Connell, Matthew Best, Anne Collins, et al.
  • Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia, London Sinfonia, London Symphony Chorus
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox, Stephen Westrop
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Audio CD (April 23, 1996)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Chandos
  • ASIN: B000000AYW
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #329,518 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Disc: 1
1. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Prologue. Peter Grimes
2. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Prologue. You sailed your boat round the coast
3. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Prologue. Peter Grimes, I here advise you
4. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Prologue. The truth -- the pity -- and the truth
5. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Prologue. Interlude 1
6. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 1. Scene 1. Oh, hang at open doors
7. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 1. Scene 1. Good morning, good morning!
8. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 1. Scene 1. Hi! Give us a hand
9. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 1. Scene 1. I have to go from pub to pub
10. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 1. Scene 1. Let her among you without fault
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Disc: 2
1. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 1. We planned that their lives
2. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 1. Swallow -- shall we go and see Grimes in his hut?
3. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 1. Now is gossip put on trial
4. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 1. From the gutter
5. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 1. Interlude 4
6. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 2. Go there!
7. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 2. They listen to money
8. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 2. Now! Now!
9. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 2. Peter Grimes
10. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 3. Interlude 5
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Shattering Performance, March 15, 2005
By D. A Wend (Buffalo Grove, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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Peter Grimes is one of the most engaging operas written. It is riveting to see it staged and equally attention holding just to hear a performance. Peter Grimes is a highly dramatic story of someone slowly sinking into misfortune, shunned by the community and misunderstood. The drama of the opera is reflected in the splendid music that Benjamin Britten wrote defining the mood of his story. The many interludes that come between scenes have achieved their own fame in Britten's Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes. When heard in the context of the opera the show their true significance setting up the story that is unfolding.

This recording has been considered among the very best performances of Peter Grimes. Philip Langridge is superb as Grimes, conveying the frustration of an outcast and the menace of his character. This is especially true in Act 2 Scene 2 where Grimes imagines a kind of paradise with his new apprentice that disintegrates into a vision of Hell when he hears the villagers approaching his hut, and in the final scene he is excellent in expressing Grimes' collapse. Mr. Langridge is well supported by Janice Watson as Ellen Orford, Alan Opie as Captain Balstrode and Roderick Williams as Ned Keene, to name just a few. But it is Richard Hickox and the City of London Sinfonia who deserve the credit for creating a performance that is second to none. The playing by the orchestra is beautifully interwoven with the voices and the balance of the recording is outstanding. The London Symphony Chorus, who has a major role in the opera, are magnificent.

There are many great recordings of Peter Grimes, among them that of Benjamin Britten himself. It is a difficult decision to choose just one Peter Grimes but one can rest assured that the Hickox performance is certainly among the very best. Highly recommended.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Grimes as song not drama, August 6, 2006
By S. Jones (Schenectady) - See all my reviews
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At first it seems inappropriate to title a review of Hickox's Grimes as "song not drama," because he is so expressly dramatic at many points in the opera. You can't find a storm interlude more ferocious -- almost terrifying -- and there are other meaningful gestures here and there. However, there are two things Hickox does consistently that work against the drama of the story and of Britten's writing: (1) he makes all musical gestures crystal clear, and (2) he gets his singers to sing almost all lines with smooth lyricism. Now, I am normally in favor of conductors that bring out the elements of compositions (I generally like what Hickox does with the War Requiem, though the sound isn't great, and I'm crazy over his DVD conducting of Turn of the Screw); and, as Hickox proves, much of Grimes is extremely lyrical, even gorgeous. But these two practices make much of the action sound extremely stilted, sometimes ludicrous. One could blame Britten himself for some of those moments, but then one could listen to Britten's own recording and hear them worked into a dynamic, realistic whole. (Admittedly, some of Ellen's music is just too precious.) Examples are too plentiful to mention, but I will note one of the more subtle cases: Grimes's "In dreams I've built myself..." Hickox and Langridge take pains to bring out the emotion of what he's singing -- by highlighting everything. For me at least, at no time am I drawn into Peter's state, perhaps because it's a dissertation not an experience. On top of the Hickox problems (and despite the lyricism he demands), the singing itself is inferior to Britten's recording, and probably to Davis's (it has been a while since I heard it); Watson's voice some across shallow, and Langridge is often reedy and unpleasant (and his lower register is not at all musical). Williams does make some nice points with Ned Keene, Opie does some nice acting as Balstrode, and Collins sounds good. All in all, I doubt I will get rid of this recording when I get another Grimes -- there is much that is rewarding to listen to. But I found it a disappointment.
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