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Peter Pears, Claire Watson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Benjamin Britten

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "The Truth...the Pity..."

Peter Pears, Claire Watson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Benjamin Britten

Britten conducts Britten: Opera Vol.1

1 MINUTE AND 54 SECONDS

Album tracklist

1
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Flor-ence! Tell The Midwife!"
01:55
2
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Doctor Jessop's Midwife"
02:17
3
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "I Hope We're Not Too Early, Florence?"
02:31
4
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Stuffy!"
02:43
5
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Now Then! Notebook, Florence!"
02:47
6
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "The First Suggestion On My List"
04:36
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Is This All You Can Bring?"
02:59
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Beggin' Your Pardon"
06:13
9
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Right! We'll Have Him!"
03:04
10
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: Interlude
03:13
11
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Bounce Me High"
02:31
12
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Shop! Hi! Albert!"
02:17
13
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Tickling A Trout"
03:02
14
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Meet Me At A Quarter Past Eight"
03:04
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "He's Much Too Busy"
03:36
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Good Morning, Young Man"
01:34
17
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "We Bring Great News To You"
04:51
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Isn't He Here?"
02:18
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "For Three Precious Weeks"
03:33
20
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Quickly! Quickly, Come Along!"
04:48
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Here They Are, Dears!"
02:26
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "My Flowers Are Few"
02:35
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "I'm Full Of Happiness"
03:31
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "As Representing The Local Council"
01:48
25
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "My Heart Leaps Up With Joy"
01:59
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Er-humph! Er-humph! I'm No Great Shakes"
02:40
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Well Tried, Albert!"
03:08
28
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: Interlude
06:55
29
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Albert The Good!"
07:27
30
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "You Oughtn't To Whistle!"
04:01
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves!"
07:59
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: Introduction
02:20
33
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Is She Asleep?"
03:33
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "I'm Hungry, I'm Tired"
01:19
35
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Give Me A Decent Murder With A Corpse!"
01:10
36
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Have You Found Him?"
04:42
37
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Fools! Fools! Blundering Fools!"
02:22
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "In The Midst Of Life Is Death"
04:22
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Albert!"
00:41
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "I'm Sorry About That"
02:13
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "I Can't Remember Everything"
06:11
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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Albert's Come Back To Stay"
00:40
43
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: Prelude
03:00
44
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "You've got your maps there?"
12:37
45
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "At last it's out"
06:20
46
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Your Sherry, Mrs. Coyle"
11:24
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Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Oh, How Unforeseen"
10:25
48
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Sirrah! How dare you!"
04:03
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Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Coyle, I wish I had not come"
07:01
50
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "May God bless the Queen"
08:22
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Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "There was a boy, a Wingrave born"
06:54
52
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "I envy you, this fine old house"
02:37
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Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Paramore shall welcome Woe!"
07:03
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Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "And with his friend young Lechmere played"
04:38
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Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Now you may save your scornful looks"
05:38
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Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Ah, Owen, what shall I do?"
07:41
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Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Is that you, Coyle?"
02:58
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Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Come in...It's me, Lechmere"
05:01
59
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "I Am An Old Man Who Has Experienced Much"
05:04
60
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Pull, My Bantams!"
07:00
61
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Guard Boat! Indomitable!"
03:16
62
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "First Man Forward!"
02:25
63
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Your Name? Billy Budd, Sir"
02:42
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Billy Budd, King Of the Birds!"
02:35
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "I Heard, Your Honour!"
03:38
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Come Along Kid! Come Along!"
03:37
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Christ, the Poor Chap!"
01:26
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "What's That? What's Those Whistles?"
01:15
69
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Starry Vere We Call Him"
02:20
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Boy! My Compliments To Mr. Redburn"
03:45
71
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Gentlemen, the King!"
05:32
72
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Ay, At Spithead the Men May Have Had Their Grievances"
01:05
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "We Are, Sir. Claggart Is An Able One"
06:52
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Blow, Blow, Blow"
02:39
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "We're Off To Samoa By Way Of Genoa"
03:38
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Hi! You a... a... a..."
02:58
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Over the Water...Handsomely Done"
06:48
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Come Here. Remember Your Promise"
04:43
79
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Billy! Hist! Billy Budd!"
04:05
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Dansker, Old Friend, Glad To See You"
04:44
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "I Don't Like The Look Of the Mist"
02:16
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "With Great Regret I Must Disturb Your Honour"
01:07
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Deck Ahoy! Enemy Sail On Starboard Bow"
03:24
84
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Who'll Volunteer To Board 'Em"
07:47
85
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "There You Are Again, Master-at-Arms"
04:49
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "O This Cursed Mist"
04:15
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Claggart, John Claggart, Beware!"
03:32
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Master-at-Arms and Foretopman"
03:23
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "God O' Mercy! Here, Help Me!"
02:13
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Gentlemen, William Budd Here Has Killed"
01:34
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "William Budd, You Are Accused By Captain Vere"
05:33
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Poor Fellow, Who Could Save Him?"
04:22
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "I Accept Their Verdict"
05:32
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Look! Through the Port"
05:36
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Here! Baby! Dansker, Old Friend"
04:02
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "And Farewell To Ye"
04:35
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: Interlude
03:06
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "According To the Articles Of War"
01:51
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Down All Hands! And See That They Go"
02:22
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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "We Committed His Body To the Deep"
04:39
101
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "Peter Grimes!"
01:28
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "You Sailed Your Boat"
03:04
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You!"
02:10
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "The Truth...the Pity..."
01:54
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: Interlude I: On the beach
02:58
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Oh, Hang At Open Doors"
05:36
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Hi! Give Us a Hand"
03:19
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "I Have To Go From Pub To Pub"
01:58
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Let Her Among You"
03:09
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Look, the Storm Cone!"
02:41
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "And Do You Prefer the Storm"
04:57
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "What Harbour Shelters Peace"
01:12
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: Interlude II: The Storm
04:08
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Past Time To Close!"
04:22
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "We Live and Let Live"
01:58
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Have You Heard?"
01:23
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades"
03:41
118
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Old Joe Has Gone Fishing"
02:29
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "The Bridge Is Down, We Half Swam Over"
01:40
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: Interlude III: Sunday Morning By the Beach
02:25
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Glitter Of Waves"
05:41
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Let This Be a Holiday"
03:00
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "This Unrelenting Work"
04:41
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Fool To Let It Come To This!"
02:18
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "What Is It?"
01:03
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "People!...No! I Will Speak!"
02:14
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "We Planned That Their Lives"
02:28
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Swallow! Shall We Go"
00:44
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Now Is Gossip Put On Trial"
02:12
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "From the Gutter"
04:35
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: Interlude IV: Passacaglia
05:28
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Go There!"
07:19
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Now!...Now!"
02:10
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Peter Grimes! Nobody Here?"
03:08
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: Interlude V: Evening
04:19
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Assign Your Prettiness To Me"
02:36
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Pah!"
02:49
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Come Along, Doctor!"
03:19
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Embroidery In Childhood"
05:10
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Mr. Swallow!"
02:00
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Who Holds Himself Apart"
03:45
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: Interlude VI: Fog
02:36
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Grimes! Grimes!"
04:56
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Peter, We've Come To Take You Home"
02:29
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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "To Those Who Pass The Borough"
05:01
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