Benjamin Britten
Peter Grimes Lyrics
Disc 1
- Peter Grimes: Prologue: 'Peter Grimes!'
- Peter Grimes!
- Peter Grimes: Prologue: The truth … the pity …
- You Sailed Your Boat
- Peter Grimes: Prologue: 'You Sailed Your Boat Round The Coast'
- Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You!
- Peter Grimes: Prologue: 'Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You!'
- Peter Grimes: Act I: Interlude I
- Peter Grimes: Prologue: 'The Truth...The Pity...And The Truth'
- The Truth... The Pity...
- Peter Grimes: Prologue. "The truth ... the pity"
- Peter Grimes: Act I: Oh, hang at open doors …
- Interlude I: On the Beach
- Peter Grimes: Interlude I: On the beach
- Peter Grimes: Act I: I'll give you a hand …
- Peter Grimes: Prologue. Interlude I: Dawn
- Oh, Hang at Open Doors
- Peter Grimes: Act I: Let her among you without fault
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Oh! hang at open doors the net, the cork"
- Hi! Give Us a Hand
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Hi! Give us a hand!"
- Peter Grimes: Act I: Look, the storm cone!
- Peter Grimes: Act I: And do you prefer the storm … ?
- I Have to Go from Pub to Pub
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "I have to go from pub to pub"
- Let Her Among You
- Peter Grimes: Act I: Interlude II
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Let her among you without fault cast the first stone"
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "Look, the storm cone!"
- Look, the Storm Cone!
- Peter Grimes: Act I: Past time to close!
- And Do You Prefer the Storm
- Peter Grimes: Act I: We live and let live …
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "And do you prefer the storm"
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene I. "What harbour shelters peace"
- Peter Grimes: Act: I, Scene I. "They listen to money"
- What Harbour Shelters Peace
- Peter Grimes: Act I: Now the Great Bear and the Pleiades
- Interlude II: The Storm
- Peter Grimes: Interlude II: The Storm
- Peter Grimes: Act I: For peace sake … Old Joe has gone fishing …
- Past Time to Close!
- Peter Grimes: Act: I, Scene II. Interlude II: Storm
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Past time to close!"
- We Live and Let Live
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "We live and let live"
- Have You Heard?
- Peter Grimes: Act: I, Scene II. "Come on, boy!"
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Have you heard? The cliff is down"
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades"
- Now the Great Bear and Pleiades
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "Old Joe has gone fishing"
- Old Joe Has Gone Fishing
- Interlude III: Sunday Morning by the Beach
- Peter Grimes: Act I, Scene II. "The bridge is down, we half swam over"
- Peter Grimes: Act: I, Scene II. "The bridge is down"
- Glitter of Waves
- Peter Grimes: Interlude III: Sunday morning by the beach
- Peter Grimes: Act: II. Interlude III: Sunday morning
- Let This Be a Holiday
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Glitter of waves and glitter of sunlight"
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Let this be a holiday"
- This Unrelenting Work
- Peter Grimes: Act: II, Scene I. "Child you're not too young to know"
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "This unrelenting work"
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Fool to let it come to this!"
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "What is it?"
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "People!... No! I will speak!"
Disc 2
- Peter Grimes: Act II: Interlude III
- Fool to Let It Come to This!
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "We planned that their lives should have a new start"
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Fool to let it come to this!"
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "People!... No! I will speak!"
- What Is It?
- Peter Grimes: Act II: Glitter of waves
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Swallow! Shall we go and see Grimes in his hut?"
- People!... No! I Will Speak!
- Peter Grimes: Act II: Now that the daylight fills the sky
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "Now is gossip put on trial"
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene I. "From the gutter, why should we trouble at their ribaldries?"
- We Planned That Their Lives
- Peter Grimes: Act II: Fool to let it come to this!
- Peter Grimes: Act: II, Scene I. "From the gutter"
- Swallow! Shall We Go
- Peter Grimes: Act II: We planned that their lives …
- Peter Grimes: Interlude IV
- Now Is Gossip Put on Trial
- Peter Grimes: Act II: From the gutter …
- Peter Grimes: Act: II, Scene I. Interlude IV: Passacaglia
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Go there!"
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Now!... Now!..."
- Peter Grimes: Act II: Interlude IV
- From the Gutter
- Peter Grimes: Act II: Go there!
- Interlude IV: Passacaglia
- Peter Grimes: Act II, Scene II. "Peter Grimes! Nobody here?"
- Peter Grimes: Act: II, Scene II. "In dreams I've built myself some kindlier home"
- Peter Grimes: Interlude V: Evening
- Go There!
- Peter Grimes: Act II: In dreams I've built myself …
- Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Assign your prettiness to me"
- Peter Grimes: Act: II, Scene II. "Peter Grimes! Nobody there?"
- Peter Grimes: Act II: The whole affair gives Borough talk …
- Now!... Now!
- Peter Grimes: Act: III. Interlude V: Moonlight
- Peter Grimes! Nobody Here?
- Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Pah!... Ahoy!"
- Interlude V: Evening
- Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Come along, Doctor!"
- Assign Your Prettiness to Me
- Peter Grimes: Act: III, Scene I. "Mister Keene! Mister Keene! Can you spare a moment"
- Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness"
- Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Mister Swallow! Mister Swallow!"
- Pah!
- Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene I. "Who holds himself apart, lets his pride rise"
- Come Along, Doctor!
- Peter Grimes: Interlude VI: Fog
- Embroidery in Childhood
- Mr. Swallow!
- Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "Grimes! Grimes!"
- Peter Grimes: Act: III, Scene I. "Who holds himself apart, lets pride rise"
- Peter Grimes: Act: III, Scene I. Interlude VI
- Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "Peter, we've come to take you home"
- Who Holds Himself Apart
- Peter Grimes: Act III, Scene II. "To those who pass the Borough"
- Interlude VI: Fog
- Grimes! Grimes!
- Peter, We've Come to Take You Home
- To Those Who Pass the Borough
Disc 3
- Peter Grimes: Act III: Interlude V
- Peter Grimes: Act III: Assign your prettiness to me
- Peter Grimes: Act III: Embroidery in childhood …
- Peter Grimes: Act III: Mr Swallow …
- Peter Grimes: Act III: Interlude VI
- Peter Grimes: Act III: Grimes! … Steady. There you are. Nearly Home.
- Peter Grimes: Act III: Peter, we've come to take you home
- Peter Grimes: Act III: To those who pass the Borough sounds betray