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art direction Nick Findell
baritone vocals [ned keene] Geraint Evans
baritone vocals [swallow, bass-bariton] Owen Brannigan
bass vocals [captain balstrode] James Pease
bass vocals [hobson] David Kelly
chorus Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
chorus master Douglas Robinson
composed by, conductor Benjamin Britten
contralto vocals [auntie] Jean Watson
engineer Kenneth Wilkinson
mezzo-soprano vocals [mrs. sedley] Lauris Elms
orchestra Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
photography by [photos in text] BBC Hulton Picture Library
producer Erik Smith
soprano vocals [ellen orford] Claire Watson
soprano vocals [niece 1] Marion Studholme
soprano vocals [niece 2] Iris Kells
tenor vocals [bob boles] Raymond Nilsson
tenor vocals [peter grimes] Peter Pears
tenor vocals [the rector] John Lanigan
text by [introduction] Philip Brett
text by [synopsis] Eric Walter White
translated by [libretto in french] Max Piquepé
translated by [libretto in german] Iris Bünsch
treble vocals [john] Marcus Norman
words by Montagu Slater
Recorded At Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Mastered At Decca Studios
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited
Manufactured By Polygram, Hanover, West Germany
Recorded 2, 3 & 7-9 December 1958
Decca ADRM
3 x CD multi-CD jewel case and booklet housed in cardboard sleeve. Booklet contains libretto with French and German translations and introductory notes.
Barcode: 028941457721
Barcode: 2 8941 45772 1 (Text)
Label Code: LC 0171
SPARS Code: ADD
Rights Society: MCPS
Other: 414 578-2 (Catalog number CD1)
Other: 414 579-2 (Catalog number CD2)
Other: 414 580-2 (Catalog number CD3)