| 1 | Oliver Cromwell | 0:40 |
| 2 | Come you not from Newcastle? | 1:17 |
| 3 | Whatever you say...Let her among you without fault | 3:01 |
| 4 | Interlude III: Sunday Morning | 2:20 |
| 5 | With you two arm in arm again | 4:32 |
| 6 | None of the women move | 5:26 |
| 7 | There's none to soothe | 2:17 |
| 8 | This dead hand lets fall | 4:22 |
| 9 | Lucretia! Lucretia! | 3:51 |
| 10 | Embroidery in childhood | 4:15 |
| 11 | The Rape of Lucretia Op.37Baritone Vocals – Denis Dowling, Frederick SharpBass Vocals – Norman LumsdenConductor – Reginald GoodallContralto Vocals – Nancy EvansMezzo-soprano Vocals – Flora NielsonOrchestra – The English Opera Group Chamber OrchestraSoprano Vocals – Joan Cross, Margaret RitchieTenor Vocals – Peter Pears | |
| 12 | Grimes!...Steady. There you are | 5:59 |
| 13 | Is all this suffering and pain | 4:38 |
| 14 | Lucretia!...What do you want? | 3:09 |
| 15 | The Ash Grove | 3:03 |
| 16 | Little Sir William | 2:37 |
| 17 | Heigh ho, Heigh hi! | 2:10 |
| 18 | Act II Scene 2 - Oh! What a lovely day! | 4:26 |
| 19 | Glitter of waves | 3:49 |
| 20 | Too late, Junius | 3:56 |
| 21 | The oatmeal slippers of sleep | 1:44 |
| 22 | The Foggy, Foggy Dew | 2:42 |
| 23 | Now the Great Bear and Pleiades | 3:16 |
| 24 | Folksong ArrangementsPiano – Benjamin BrittenSoprano Vocals – Sophie Wyss | |
| 25 | How hideous! Take them away! | 1:23 |
| 26 | The King is gone a-hunting | 2:18 |
| 27 | Here the thirsty evening | 4:22 |
| 28 | Quand j'etais chez mon père | 1:49 |
| 29 | Go, Tarquinius! | 2:17 |
| 30 | Peter Grimes, Op.33 ExcerptsChorus – BBC Theatre ChorusConductor, Piano – Reginald GoodallOrchestra – Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent GardenOrgan – Herbert DawsonSoprano Vocals – Joan CrossTenor Vocals – Peter Pears, Tom Culbert | |
| 31 | Voici le printemps | 1:47 |
| 32 | The Bonny Earl O' Moray | 2:57 |
| 33 | Act I Scene 1 - Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart | 2:22 |
| 34 | O Waly, Waly | 3:35 |
| 35 | Act II Scene 1 - She sleeps as a rose | 4:23 |
| 36 | The Salley Gardens | 3:04 |
| 37 | Wherefore, I pray and beseach you | 3:30 |
| 38 | Interlude IV | 2:29 |
| 39 | It is better to desire | 4:47 |
| 40 | Act I Scene 2 - Their spinning wheel unwinds | 5:25 |
| 41 | O all ye works of the Lord | 5:50 |
| 42 | La fileuse | 1:41 |
| 43 | Interlude: Here in the scene you see | 3:47 |
| 44 | Sweet Polly Oliver | 3:02 |
| 45 | La belle est au jardin d'amour | 3:01 |
| 46 | Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse | 2:19 |
| 47 | It is an axiom among kings | 2:23 |
| 48 | Folksong ArrangementsPiano – Benjamin BrittenTenor Vocals – Peter Pears | |
| 49 | The Plough Boy | 2:03 |
| 50 | In dreams I've built myself some kindlier home | 4:25 |
| 51 | Flowers bring to every year | 3:15 |
| 52 | Interlude: Tarquinius does not wait | 2:46 |
Rape of Lucretia - Abridged recording of the revised version
Folksong arrangements are the complete early HMV and Decca recordings (1943 - 1950)
Peter Grimes excerpts are from recordings in 1948, some previously unpublished
Recordings compiled and booklet edited by Richard Abram
This compilation and remastering ℗ 1993 by EMI Records Ltd, © 1993 EMI Records Ltd
Rape of Lucretia Recording Details: Recorded in No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 16-19 July and 19 October 1947
Sophie Wyss Folksong recording Details: Recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, 26 May 1943
Peter Pears Folksong recording Details: 2-4 to 2-7 Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, 4 January 1944; 2-8 to 2-11 Recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, 18 June 1945; 2-12 to 2-16 Recorded in No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 27 August 1947, 29 September 1950, 15 September 1950