| Description |
2 audio discs (2 hr., 18 min., 16 sec.) : digital, CD audio, SACD, stereo, surround ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
021816 |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo surround |
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audio file |
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CD audio SACD |
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Opera |
| Numeric Designation |
op. 33 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
An opera in a prologue and three acts. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Libretto by Montagu Slater after the poem of the same title by George Crabbe. |
| Performer |
Erin Wall (Ellen Orford), Hanna Husáhr (Niece 1), Vibeke Kristensen (Niece 2), sopranos ; Susan Bickley (Auntie), mezzo-soprano ; Stuart Skelton (Peter Grimes), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), tenors ; Roderick Williams (Captain Balstrode), baritone ; Neal Davies (Swallow), bass-baritone ; supporting soloists ; Bergen Philharmonic Choir ; Edvard Grieg Kor ; Royal Northern College of Music Chorus ; Choir of Collegium Musicum ; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edward Gardner, conductor. |
| Credits |
Producer, Brian Pidgeon. |
| Event |
Opera recorded Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway 2019 November 25-27. |
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Orchestral interludes recorded Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway 2019 October 24. |
| Note |
Super audio compact discs. |
| System Details |
Hybrid Super Audio CD playable on standard CD equipment; SACD player required for DSD (Direct Stream Digital) stereo or multichannel surround sound playback. |
| Note |
Program notes by Mervyn Cooke and synopsis in English, French, and German, biographical notes on the performers, and libretto in English (128 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Summary |
This studio recording was made following the acclaimed production at Grieghallen, in Bergen, in 2019. Starring Stuart Skelton. Edward Gardner conducts the Bergen Philharmonic. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Studio recordings.
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Studio recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956, librettist.
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Wall, Erin, 1975-2020, singer.
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Husáhr, Hanna, 1983- singer.
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Kristensen, Vibeke (Soprano), singer.
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Bickley, Susan, singer.
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Skelton, Stuart, singer.
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Murray, Robert, 1976- singer.
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Williams, Roderick, singer.
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Davies, Neal, singer.
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Gardner, Edward, 1974- conductor.
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Cooke, Mervyn, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Crabbe, George, 1754-1832.
Peter Grimes.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Peter Grimes.
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Container of (work): Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956.
Peter Grimes.
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Bergen Filharmoniske Kor, singer.
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Edvard Grieg Kor, singer.
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Royal Northern College of Music. Chorus, singer.
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Collegiûm Mûsicûm (Bergen, Norway). Kor, singer.
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Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
095115525029 |
| Music No. |
CHSA 5250(2) Chandos |
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5250(2) Chandos |
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