Britten – Peter Grimes – Four Sea Interludes Op.33A
No.1 – Dawn
No.2 – Sunday Morning
No.3 – Moonlight
No.4 – Storm
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Britten – Peter Grimes – Sea Interlude 1. Dawn – LSO, Sargent

Britten – Peter Grimes – Sea Interlude 2. Sunday Morning – LSO, Sargent

Britten – Peter Grimes – Sea Interlude 3. Moonlight – LSO, Sargent

Britten – Peter Grimes – Sea Interlude 4. Storm – LSO, Sargent

(mp3 files – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)

Columbia DX 1441-2
Matrices: CAX 10119-1, 10120-2, 10121-1, 10122-2
Recorded: 11th November 1947, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road
Issued December 1947

This was the second commercial recording of the Sea Interludes, but the first to be issued. Eduard van Beinum recorded them, and the Passacaglia, for Decca with the Concertgebouw Orchestra on September 15th and 16th 1947, with the 78s issued in January 1948. These Sargent sides were recorded two months later, but the incredibly quick turnaround for issue suggests to me that perhaps EMI were determined to be the first to get excerpts from Peter Grimes in the catalogues.