Britten’s powerful and masterful evocation of the North Sea in all its moods has become inextricably linked, to audiences all over the world, with the Aldeburgh that was home to Crabbe in the 18th century and Britten in the 20th.

Steuart Bedford leads a vast and accomplished group of performers on this new recording, created shortly before the company performed the work on the beach at Aldeburgh as part of the festival, further celebrating Britten's centenary year, 2013.

Cast:
- Alan Oke [Peter Grimes]
- Giselle Allen [Ellen Orford]
- David Kempster [Captain Balstrode]
- Gaynor Keeble [Auntie]
- Alexandra Hutton [First Niece]
- Charmian Bedford [Second Niece]
- Robert Murray [Bob Boles]
- Henry Waddington [Swallow]
- Catherine Wyn-Rogers [Mrs Sedley]
- Christopher Gillett [Rev. Horace Adams]
- Charles Rice [Ned Keene]
- Stephen Richardson [Hobson]