Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "Peter Grimes!"

Richard van Allan, Forbes Robinson, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "You sailed your boat"

Forbes Robinson, Jon Vickers, Patricia Payne, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "Peter Grimes, I here advise you!"

Forbes Robinson, Richard van Allan, Jon Vickers, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "The truth...the pity..."

Heather Harper, Jon Vickers, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: Interlude I: On the beach

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Oh, hang at open doors"

Elizabeth Bainbridge, John Dobson, Jonathan Summers, John Lanigan, Teresa Cahill, Anne Pashley, Patricia Payne, Thomas Allen, Forbes Robinson, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Hi! give us a hand"

Jon Vickers, John Dobson, Jonathan Summers, Thomas Allen, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Richard van Allan, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "I have to go from pub to pub"

Richard van Allan, Heather Harper, Thomas Allen, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Let her among you"

Heather Harper, Richard van Allan, Patricia Payne, Thomas Allen, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Look, the storm cone!"

Jonathan Summers, Thomas Allen, John Dobson, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Glitter of waves"