Britten-Pears Orchestra - Peter Grimes On Aldeburgh Beach [Blu-ray]

Product Description Filmed in June 2013 during three extraordinary performances that took place during the Aldeburgh Festival, Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh beach" takes place in the heart of the town that inspired it and is the film interpretation of Britten's Peter Grimes" Review [...] the musical execution, is so fine. The singers were performing live to, of necessity, a prerecorded orchestral soundtrack, but the results in this rhythmically demanding music are excellent [...] Britten's sea music, paired with the actual sea and sky, suffers not a bit. --Opera News, May 2014 This souvenir from Britten's centenary deserves a lasting place in the catalogue. Filmed live on Aldeburgh beach, Tim Albery's production of Peter Grimes lays the opera open to the elements and captures a windswept, emotionally engulfing performance, in which the human story is palpably at the mercy of forces beyond its control. --Gramophone