Britten: Peter Grimes / Skelton, Wall, Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic

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Chandos
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September 4, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRITTEN, BENJAMIN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Skelton, Wall, Gardner
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 04, 2020
    • UPC
      095115525029
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHSA 5250(2)
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prologue: Peter Grimes! Peter Grimes! (Hobson, Swallow, Peter, Mrs. Sedley, Chorus, Ellen)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Barnaby Rea, Neal Davies, Stuart Skelton, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Erin Wall

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    2. Prologue: The truth - the pity - and the truth (Peter, Ellen)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton, Erin Wall

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    3. Prologue: Interlude I

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    4. Act I Scene 1: Oh hang at open doors (Chorus, Fishermen, Auntie, Boles, Balstrode, Rector, Nieces, Mrs. Sedley, Keene, Swallow)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Frances Brett, David Hansford, Susan Bickley, Robert Murray, Roderick Williams, James Gilchrist, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Marcus Farnsworth, Neal Davies

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    5. Act I Scene 1: Hi! Give us a hand (Peter, Boles, Balstrode, Keene, Auntie, Hobson)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton, Robert Murray, Roderick Williams, Marcus Farnsworth, Susan Bickley, Barnaby Rea

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    6. Act I Scene 1: I have to go from pub to pub (Hobson, Chorus, Ellen, Keene, Mrs. Sedley)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Barnaby Rea, Erin Wall, Marcus Farnsworth, Catherine Wyn-Rogers

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    7. Act I Scene 1: Look! The storm come! (All)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton, Samuel Winter, Erin Wall, Roderick Williams, Susan Bickley, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen, Robert Murray, Neal Davies, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, James Gilchrist, Marcus Farnsworth, Barnaby Rea, Frances Brett, David Hansford, Vernon Kirk, Catherine Backhouse, James Berry, Peter Brooks, Andrew Masterson, George Butler, Samuel Knock, James Holt, Catrin Woodruff-Abel

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    8. Act I Scene 1: And do you prefer the storm (Balstrode, Peter)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Stuart Skelton

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    9. Act I Scene 1: Interlude II

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    10. Act I Scene 2: Past time to close (Auntie, Mrs. Sedley, Balstrode, Boles, Nieces, First Fisherman)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Susan Bickley, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Roderick Williams, Robert Murray, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen, Frances Brett

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    11. Act I Scene 2: Pub conversation should depend (All)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton, Samuel Winter, Erin Wall, Roderick Williams, Susan Bickley, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen, Robert Murray, Neal Davies, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, James Gilchrist, Marcus Farnsworth, Barnaby Rea, Frances Brett, David Hansford, Vernon Kirk, Catherine Backhouse, James Berry, Peter Brooks, Andrew Masterson, George Butler, Samuel Knock, James Holt, Catrin Woodruff-Abel

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    12. Act I Scene 2: Now the Great Bear and Pleiades (Peter)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    13. Act I Scene 2: He's mad or drunk (Chorus, Nieces, Boles, Balstrode, Peter, Auntie)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen, Robert Murray, Roderick Williams, Stuart Skelton, Susan Bickley

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    14. Act I Scene 2: Old Joe has gone fishing (Keene, Chorus, Peter)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Marcus Farnsworth, Stuart Skelton

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    15. Act I Scene 2: The bridge is down (Hobson, Keene, Ellen, Boles, Auntie, Nieces, Peter)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Barnaby Rea, Marcus Farnsworth, Erin Wall, Robert Murray, Susan Bickley, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen, Stuart Skelton

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    16. Act II: Interlude III

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    17. Act II Scene 1: Glitter of waves (Ellen, Chorus)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Erin Wall

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    18. Act II Scene 1: Wherefore I pray and beseech you (Rector, Chorus, Ellen)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: James Gilchrist, Erin Wall

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    19. Act II Scene 1: O all ye works of the Lord (Chorus, Peter, Ellen)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton, Erin Wall

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    20. Act II Scene 1: Fool! to let it come to this! (All)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton, Samuel Winter, Erin Wall, Roderick Williams, Susan Bickley, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen, Robert Murray, Neal Davies, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, James Gilchrist, Marcus Farnsworth, Barnaby Rea, Frances Brett, David Hansford, Vernon Kirk, Catherine Backhouse, James Berry, Peter Brooks, Andrew Masterson, George Butler, Samuel Knock, James Holt, Catrin Woodruff-Abel

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    21. Act II Scene 1: People … No! I will speak! (Boles, Chorus, Balstrode, Rector, Auntie, Ellen)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Robert Murray, Roderick Williams, James Gilchrist, Susan Bickley, Erin Wall

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    22. Act II Scene 1: We planned that their lives (Ellen, Rector, Mrs. Sedley, Boles, Keene, Swallow, Nieces, Auntie, Balstrode, Hobson, Chorus)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Erin Wall, James Gilchrist, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Robert Murray, Marcus Farnsworth, Neal Davies, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen, Susan Bickley, Roderick Williams, Barnaby Rea

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    23. Act II Scene 1: Swallow - shall we go and see Grimes in his hut? (Rector, Swallow, Balstrode, Mrs. Sedley, Nieces, Keene, Hobson, Chorus, Boles)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Roderick Williams, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen, Marcus Farnsworth, Barnaby Rea, Robert Murray

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    24. Act II Scene 1: From the gutter (All)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton, Samuel Winter, Erin Wall, Roderick Williams, Susan Bickley, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen, Robert Murray, Neal Davies, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, James Gilchrist, Marcus Farnsworth, Barnaby Rea, Frances Brett, David Hansford, Vernon Kirk, Catherine Backhouse, James Berry, Peter Brooks, Andrew Masterson, George Butler, Samuel Knock, James Holt, Catrin Woodruff-Abel

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    25. Act II: Interlude IV

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    26. Act II Scene 2: Go there! Go there! (Peter)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    27. Act II Scene 2: In dreams I've built myself (Peter)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    28. Act II Scene 2: Sometimes I see that boy here in this hut (Peter, Boles, Rector, Swallow, Keene, Chorus)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton, Robert Murray, James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Marcus Farnsworth

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    29. Act II Scene 2: Peter Grimes! Peter Grimes! Nobody here? (Rector, Swallow, Keene)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Marcus Farnsworth

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    30. Act III: Interlude V

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    31. Act III Scene 1: Assign your prettiness to me (Swallow, Nieces, Keene)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Neal Davies, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen, Marcus Farnsworth

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    32. Act III Scene 1: Mister Keene! Can you spare a moment? (Mrs. Sedley, Keene)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Marcus Farnsworth

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    33. Act III Scene 1: Come along, Doctor (First Burgess, Burgesses, Rector, Mrs. Sedley)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: James Berry, Peter Brooks, Andrew Masterson, George Butler, Samuel Knock, James Holt, James Gilchrist, Catherine Wyn-Rogers

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    34. Act III Scene 1: Is the boat in? (Ellen, Balstrode)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Erin Wall, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    35. Act III Scene 1: Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness (Ellen)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Erin Wall

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    36. Act III Scene 1: We'll find him, maybe give him a hand (Balstrode, Ellen)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Erin Wall

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    37. Act III Scene 1: Mister Swallow! Mister Swallow! (Mrs. Sedley, Auntie, Swallow, Hobson, Chorus)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Susan Bickley, Neal Davies, Barnaby Rea

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    38. Act III: Interlude VI

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    39. Act III Scene 2: Grimes! (Voices, Peter)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Stuart Skelton

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    40. Act III Scene 2: Peter, we've come to take you home (Ellen, Peter, Balstrode)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Erin Wall, Stuart Skelton, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    41. Act III Scene 2: To those who pass the Borough (Chorus, Swallow, Second Fisherman, Auntie, Boles)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester

      Performer: Catrin Woodruff-Abel, Neal Davies, David Hansford, Susan Bickley, Robert Murray

      Conductor: Edward Gardner


Winner of the coveted Gramophone Record of the Year award!

‘The burly Aussie tenor is now even more identified with this ill-fated protagonist than Peter Pears, the first Grimes. And everywhere Skelton has sung the part, whether at English National Opera, the Proms, the Edinburgh festival or now on this international tour of a concert staging mounted by the Bergen Philharmonic, the conductor has been Edward Gardner. Theirs is one of the great musical partnerships, and they continue to find compelling new depths in this tragic masterpiece.’ – Richard Morrison – The Times. This studio recording was made following the acclaimed production at Grieghallen, in Bergen, in 2019 (repeated in Oslo and London and reviewed above). Luxuriant playing from the Bergen Philharmonic and a stellar cast under the assured direction of Edward Gardner make this a recording to treasure.

REVIEW:

The net joy of this new recording is that Skelton, now a Grimes of considerable experience and range, has found in his vocalisation of the role a well-judged mixture of obsessive professional (sometimes rough) fisherman and troubled, confused and persecuted outsider. All this is precisely framed by Gardner’s conducting and his choice of cast. An exciting, committed, necessary and brilliantly recorded version for our times.

– Gramophone (Recording of The Month, October 2020