Peter Grimes - Recordings

Recordings

Year Cast:
Peter Grimes,
Ellen Orford,
Balstrode, Auntie		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label
1948 Peter Pears,
Joan Cross,
??,
??		 Reginald Goodall,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra and BBC Theatre Chorus		 Audio CD: EMI Classics 64727
Cat: (excerpts)
1958 Peter Pears,
Claire Watson,
James Pease,
Jean Watson		 Benjamin Britten,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 414577 (reissued 1990, 2001, 2006)
1978 Jon Vickers,
Heather Harper,
Jonathan Summers,
Elizabeth Bainbridge		 Colin Davis,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Philips
Cat: 462847 (reissued 1999)
1981 Jon Vickers,
Heather Harper,
Norman Bailey,
Elizabeth Bainbridge		 Colin Davis,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus		 DVD Video: Kultur
Cat: 2255 (released 2003)
1992 Anthony Rolfe Johnson,
Felicity Lott,
Thomas Allen,
Patricia Payne		 Bernard Haitink,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 5483222 (reissued 2003, EMI Classics: 915620)
1994 Philip Langridge,
Janice Cairns,
Alan Opie,
Ann Howard		 David Atherton,
English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 DVD Video: Kultur
Cat: 2902
1995 Philip Langridge,
Janice Watson,
Alan Opie,
Ameral Gunson		 Richard Hickox,
City of London Sinfonia and London Symphony Orchestra Chorus		 Audio CD: Chandos
Cat: 9447
2004 Glenn Winslade,
Janice Watson,
Anthony Michaels-Moore,
Jill Grove		 Colin Davis,
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: LSO Live
Cat: 54
2005 Christopher Ventris,
Emily Magee,
Alfred Muff,
Liliana Nikiteanu		 Franz Welser-Möst,
Orchester und Chor der Oper Zürich		 DVD Video: EMI Classics
Cat: 00971

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