COMPOSERS: Britten
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Peter Grimes
PERFORMER: Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Felicity Lott, Thomas Allen; Royal Opera House Chorus & Orchestra/Bernard Haitink
CATALOGUE NO: 456 9432
A wonderfully sung Peter Grimes, with superb orchestral support, but it is a little too comfortable, not quite delivering the work’s emotional turmoil and complexity. Christopher Dingle