Britten, Philip Langridge, Richard Hickox - Peter Grimes

Tracklist

1-1	Prologue - Hobson - 'Peter Grimes'	1:25
1-2	Swallow - 'You Sailed Your Boat Round The Coast'	3:05
1-3	Swallow - 'Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You'	2:05
1-4	Peter - 'The Truth - The Pity - And The Truth'	1:56
1-5	Interlude I	3:14
Act I	(45:53)
1-6	Scene 1 - Chorus - 'Oh, Hang At Open Doors'	4:42
1-7	Rector - 'Good Morning, Good Morning'	1:04
1-8	Peter - 'Hi! Give Us A Hand'	3:42
1-9	Hobson - 'I Have To Go From Pub To Pub'	2:00
1-10	Ellen - 'Let Her Among You Without Fault'	3:13
1-11	Balstrode - 'Look! The Storm Cone!'	2:47
1-12	Balstrode - 'And Do You Prefer The Storm'	3:31
1-13	Peter - 'They Listen To Money'	1:32
1-14	Peter - 'What Harbour Shelters Peace'	1:04
1-15	Interlude II	4:11
1-16	Scene 2 - Auntie - 'Past Time To Close	2:16
1-17	Auntie - 'Loud Man'	1:05
1-18	Fisherman - 'There's Been A Landslide Up The Coast'	1:08
1-19	Boles - 'No, I Mean Love'	0:37
1-20	Balstrode - 'Pub Conversation Should Depend'	1:35
1-21	Ned - 'Have You Heard The Cliff Is Down'	1:39
1-22	Peter - 'Now The Great Bear And Pleiades'	3:42
1-23	Balstrode - 'For Peace Sake'	2:29
1-24	Hobson - 'The Bridge Is Down'	1:35
Act II
1-25	Interlude III	2:29
1-26	Scene 1 - Ellen - 'Glitter Of Waves'	1:33
1-27	Chorus - 'Now That The Daylight Fills the Sky'	3:40
1-28	Ellen - 'Child You're Not Too Young'	3:15
1-29	Ellen - 'This Unrelenting Work'	4:26
1-30	Auntie - 'Fool To Let It Come To This'	3:18
1-31	Boles - 'People... No! I Will Speak!'	2:05
2-1	Ellen - 'We Planned That Their Lives'	2:29
2-2	Rector - 'Swallow - Shall We Go And See Grimes In His Hut?'	0:44
2-3	Chorus - 'Now Is Gossip Put On Trial'	2:18
2-4	Nieces - 'From The Gutter'	4:35
2-5	Interlude IV	5:48
2-6	Scene 2 - Peter - 'Go There!'	2:03
2-7	Peter - 'They Listen To Money'	5:04
2-8	Chorus - 'Now! Now!'	2:14
2-9	Rector - 'Peter Grimes'	3:20
Act III	(41:55)
2-10	Interlude V	5:09
2-11	Scene 1 - Swallow - 'Assign Your Prettiness To Me'	3:02
2-12	Mrs Sedley - 'Mr Keene'	1:31
2-13	Mrs Sedley - 'Murder Most Foul It Is'	1:33
2-14	Burgess - 'Come Along, Doctor'	2:57
2-15	Ellen - 'Embroidery In Childhood Was'	5:50
2-16	Mrs Sedley - 'Mr Swallow'	2:03
2-17	Chorus - 'Who Holds Himself Apart'	3:57
2-18	Interlude VI	2:46
2-19	Scene 2 - Voices - 'Grimes!'	5:23
2-20	Ellen - 'Peter, We've Come To Take You Home'	2:41
2-21	Chorus - 'To Those Who Pass The Borough'	5:04

Companies, etc.

• 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

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Captain Balstrode, Retired Merchant Skipper] – Alan Opie
• Baritone Vocals [Ned Keene, Apothecary And Quack] – Roderick Williams
• Bass Vocals [Hobson, Carrier] – Matthew Best
• Bass Vocals [Swallow, A Lawyer] – John Connell
• Chorus – London Symphony Chorus
• Chorus Master – Stephen Westrop
• Conductor – Richard Hickox
• Contralto Vocals [Auntie, Landlady Of 'The Boar'] – Ameral Gunson
• Design – Guy Lawrence
• 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
• Liner Notes [French Translation] – Marianne Fernée*
• Liner Notes [German Translation] – Anne Steeb, Bernd Müller
• 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

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)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (On back of outer cardboard sleeve): 095115944721
• Matrix / Runout (CD 1): DADC AUSTRIA A0100185585-0102 12 A1
• Matrix / Runout (CD 2): DADC AUSTRIA A0100185585-0202 32 A2
• Rights Society (CD 1 & CD 2): MCPS
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Mastering SID Code (CD 1 & CD 2): IFPI L552
• Mould SID Code (CD 1 & CD 2): IFPI 94A8
• Label Code: LC 7038