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tracks 2 baritone vocals [junius] Denis Dowling
tracks 2 baritone vocals [prince tarquinius] Frederick Sharp
tracks 2 bass vocals [collatinus] Norman Lumsden
tracks 2 bassoon [english opera group chamber orchestra] Edward Wilson
tracks 2 cello [english opera group chamber orchestra] George Roth
tracks 5-33, 5-34 choir The King's College Choir Of Cambridge
tracks 1-1 to 1-10 chorus BBC Theatre Chorus
tracks 2 clarinet [english opera group chamber orchestra], bass clarinet Stephen Waters
compiled by Malcolm Walker
compiled by Richard Abram
tracks 5-33 conductor David Willcocks
tracks 4-6 to 4-9 conductor Herbert Menges
tracks 5-20 to 5-23 conductor John Minchinton
tracks 4-4, 4-5 conductor Norman Del Mar
tracks 3 conductor Sir John Barbirolli
tracks 4-1 to 4-3 conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent
tracks 5-34 conductor Stephen Cleobury
tracks 2 conductor [english opera group chamber orchestra], piano Reginald Goodall
tracks 2 contralto vocals [lucretia] Nancy Evans
tracks 2 double bass [english opera group chamber orchestra] Robert Meyer
tracks 2 edited by [digital] Paul Baily
editor [british composer series] Richard Abram
tracks 1-11 to 1-17, 3 engineer Arthur Clarke
tracks 1-18 to 1-26 engineer Charles Anderson
tracks 4-1 to 4-3, 4-6 to 4-9, 5-1 to 5-13 engineer Christopher Parker
tracks 5-34 engineer David Flower
tracks 2, 5-20 to 5-23 engineer Douglas Larter
tracks 5-24 to 5-31, 5-33 engineer Neville Boyling
tracks 5-14 to 5-19 engineer Robert Beckett
tracks 3-1, 3-6 to 3-9 engineer Robert Gooch
tracks 5-32 engineer Stuart Eltham
tracks 5-20 to 5-23 ensemble Collegium Musicum Of London
tracks 2 flute [english opera group chamber orchestra], piccolo flute, bass flute John Francis
tracks 2 harp [english opera group chamber orchestra] Enid Simon
tracks 2 horn [english opera group chamber orchestra] David Burditt
liner notes Arthur Jacobs
liner notes Colin Matthews
liner notes Edmund Rubbra
liner notes Eric Crozier
liner notes John Lucas
liner notes Lennox Berkeley
liner notes Michael Kennedy
tracks 2 mezzo-soprano vocals [bianca] Flora Nielsen
tracks 2 oboe [english opera group chamber orchestra], cor anglais [english opera group chamber orchestra] John Wolfe
tracks 4-1 to 4-3 orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra
tracks 3 orchestra Hallé Orchestra
tracks 1-1 to 1-10 orchestra Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
tracks 4-6 to 4-9 orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
tracks 4-4, 4-5 orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
tracks 2 orchestra The English Opera Group
tracks 5-33 organ Andrew Davis
tracks 5-34 organ Christopher Hughes
tracks 2 percussion [english opera group chamber orchestra] Herbert Wilson
tracks 1-11 to 1-26 piano Benjamin Britten
tracks 5-1 to 5-13 producer Alan G. Melville
tracks 5-32 producer Brian Culverhouse
tracks 2, 3-1, 3-6 to 3-9 producer David Bicknell
tracks 5-1 to 5-13 producer Geraint Jones
tracks 1-18 to 1-26, 2, 3-1 to 3-4, 3-6 to 3-9, 4-6 to 4-9 producer Lawrance Collingwood
tracks 5-14 to 5-19 producer Peter Albu
tracks 4-1 to 4-3 producer Raymond Leppard
tracks 5-33 producer Ronald Kinloch Anderson
tracks 5-34 producer Simon Woods
tracks 5-20 to 5-31 producer Walter Jellinek
tracks 1-1 to 1-17, 3-5 producer Walter Legge
remastered by Andrew Walter
remastered by John Hadden
tracks 1-1 to 1-10 soprano vocals [ellen orford] Joan Cross
tracks 2 soprano vocals [female chorus] Joan Cross
tracks 1-11 to 1-26 tenor vocals Peter Pears
tracks 2 tenor vocals [male chorus] Peter Pears
tracks 1-1 to 1-10 tenor vocals [peter grimes] Peter Pears
tracks 1-1 to 1-10 tenor vocals [rev. horace adams] Tom Culbert
tracks 1 to 3 transferred by Andrew Walter
tracks 5-34 treble vocals Thomas Rose
tracks 2 viola [english opera group chamber orchestra] Bernard Davis
tracks 2 violin [english opera group chamber orchestra] David Wolfsthal
tracks 2 violin [english opera group chamber orchestra] Jack Kessler
Pressed By TAKT
Pressed By TAKT
Pressed By TAKT
Pressed By TAKT
Pressed By TAKT
Recorded At Abbey Road Studios
Recorded At Chapel Of King's College, Cambridge
Recorded At Kingsway Hall
Recorded At Houldsworth Hall
Glass Mastered At TAKT
Glass Mastered At TAKT
Glass Mastered At TAKT
Glass Mastered At TAKT
Glass Mastered At TAKT
Remastered At Abbey Road Studios
Discs 1, 2 & 3 mono, Disc 4 stereo, Disc 5 mono/stereo

Recorded in No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road July 16-19 & October 19, 1947 [2], [July, 12, 14, 16, & 17, 1948 [1-1 - 1-10], December 18 [3-1], 14 & 15, 1950 3-6 - 3-9], June 15 & 16, 1954 [5-1 - 5-12], January 25, 1956 [4-6 - 4-9], March 17 & 18, 1958 [5-20 - 5-23], July 9,1964 [4-4, 4-5], June 27 & 28 and July 7, 1967 [5-32], No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road November 20, 1942 [1-11 - 1-17], December 12, 1947 [1-18 - 1-26], July 13, 1949 [5-14 - 5-19], January 15, 1959 [5-24 - 5-31], Chapel of King's College, Cambridge August 3-5, 1965 [5-33], December 16-19, 1991 [5-34], Houldsworth Hall March 20, 1950 [1945], April 29, 1948 [3-2 - 3-4], Kingsway Hall, London August 30, 1956 [4-1 - 4-3]
Barcode: 5099902900629
Label Code: LC 06646
Rights Society: SDRM/BIEM
SPARS Code: ADD
Matrix / Runout: 2100003138002 0290072 (CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: 2100003138019 0290092 (CD 2)
Matrix / Runout: 2100003138026 0290112 (CD 3)
Matrix / Runout: 2100003138033 0290132 (CD 4)
Matrix / Runout: 2100003138040 0290152 (CD 5)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LK97
Mould SID Code: IFPI 9R78
Mould SID Code: IFPI UU067
Mould SID Code: IFPI UU015
Mould SID Code: IFPI 9R76
Mould SID Code: IFPI UU008