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Britten: Peter Grimes

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by: Covent Garden Benjamin Britten, Covent Garden Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Peter Pears Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Release Date April 09, 2001
There have been many productions of Grimes around the world and a good few recordings made since this first one was committed to disc nearly half a century ago. From our perspective in the 21st Century it is hard to recall the huge impact made by the first production at Sadlers' Wells in 1946 and by this recording just a decade or so later. It's now easier to see the antecedents and ancestors of the piece - Verdi, Mahler, even Mozart. At the time it seemed a really revolutionary piece, not only for British but also for worldwide opera.

The recording, too, was something new. This was the first time that John Culshaw and his Decca team had fully implemented their ideas for making a real production out of a stereo opera recording. ... Read More:

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Britten: Peter Grimes

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from: Duo

Release Date April 19, 1999
This was the first opera recording I ever listened to and it got me hooked. I've since acquired the Pears / Britten interpretation on Decca, but (so far) have been unable to relinquish my loyalty to this Philips set. The two major pillars here are Jon Vickers as Peter Grimes and Colin Davis overseeing the whole work. Vickers makes Grimes much more powerful, agressive, threatening and tortured than Pears. Right from the first bars - in the court room scene - it's clear that Vickers is going to put his heart and soul into this role. Indeed, such is the depth of his portrayal that one cannot help a degree of sympathy for the "sadistic fisherman". In fact, it is Vickers' ability to generate a complex mix of feelings in the listener that gives Grimes ... Read More:

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Passaggio Per Il Paradison

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by: Pat Metheny

Release Date August 26, 1997
This was the first opera recording I ever listened to and it got me hooked. I've since acquired the Pears / Britten interpretation on Decca, but (so far) have been unable to relinquish my loyalty to this Philips set. The two major pillars here are Jon Vickers as Peter Grimes and Colin Davis overseeing the whole work. Vickers makes Grimes much more powerful, agressive, threatening and tortured than Pears. Right from the first bars - in the court room scene - it's clear that Vickers is going to put his heart and soul into this role. Indeed, such is the depth of his portrayal that one cannot help a degree of sympathy for the "sadistic fisherman". In fact, it is Vickers' ability to generate a complex mix of feelings in the listener that gives Grimes ... Read More:

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Vampire on Titus/Propeller [VINYL]

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by: Guided by Voices

Release Date September 05, 1996
This was the first opera recording I ever listened to and it got me hooked. I've since acquired the Pears / Britten interpretation on Decca, but (so far) have been unable to relinquish my loyalty to this Philips set. The two major pillars here are Jon Vickers as Peter Grimes and Colin Davis overseeing the whole work. Vickers makes Grimes much more powerful, agressive, threatening and tortured than Pears. Right from the first bars - in the court room scene - it's clear that Vickers is going to put his heart and soul into this role. Indeed, such is the depth of his portrayal that one cannot help a degree of sympathy for the "sadistic fisherman". In fact, it is Vickers' ability to generate a complex mix of feelings in the listener that gives Grimes ... Read More:

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Vampire on Titus/Propeller

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by: Guided by Voices

Release Date December 10, 1993
This was the first opera recording I ever listened to and it got me hooked. I've since acquired the Pears / Britten interpretation on Decca, but (so far) have been unable to relinquish my loyalty to this Philips set. The two major pillars here are Jon Vickers as Peter Grimes and Colin Davis overseeing the whole work. Vickers makes Grimes much more powerful, agressive, threatening and tortured than Pears. Right from the first bars - in the court room scene - it's clear that Vickers is going to put his heart and soul into this role. Indeed, such is the depth of his portrayal that one cannot help a degree of sympathy for the "sadistic fisherman". In fact, it is Vickers' ability to generate a complex mix of feelings in the listener that gives Grimes ... Read More:

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Vampire on Titus

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by: Guided By Voices

Release Date June 01, 1998

There's some undeniably fantastic songs on this record, you've just got to let them sink in over time. Some of Pollard (and Sprout's) most adventurously strange tracks make for a compelling listen.

Not for beginners to the GBV canon but a favourite of the long-time fan.

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Time Machine

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by: Vinyl Kings

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There's some undeniably fantastic songs on this record, you've just got to let them sink in over time. Some of Pollard (and Sprout's) most adventurously strange tracks make for a compelling listen.

Not for beginners to the GBV canon but a favourite of the long-time fan.

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Borodin - Complete Symphonies

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from: Brilliant Classics

Release Date March 26, 2007

There's some undeniably fantastic songs on this record, you've just got to let them sink in over time. Some of Pollard (and Sprout's) most adventurously strange tracks make for a compelling listen.

Not for beginners to the GBV canon but a favourite of the long-time fan.

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Borodin: Symphonies

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from: Brilliant Classics

Release Date May 08, 2007

There's some undeniably fantastic songs on this record, you've just got to let them sink in over time. Some of Pollard (and Sprout's) most adventurously strange tracks make for a compelling listen.

Not for beginners to the GBV canon but a favourite of the long-time fan.

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Borodin - Symphonies Nos 1 & 3; Romances

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from: Chandos

Release Date October 01, 1999

There's some undeniably fantastic songs on this record, you've just got to let them sink in over time. Some of Pollard (and Sprout's) most adventurously strange tracks make for a compelling listen.

Not for beginners to the GBV canon but a favourite of the long-time fan.