Britten: Billy Budd

Cat. No. CHAN 9826(3)

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CD available From: 20 April 2000

Opera - Billy Budd

Benjamin Britten

Billy Budd

164:43

An opera in a prologue and two acts

Revised version 1961

Libretto by E.M. Forster and E. Crozier

Adapted from the story by Herman Melville

COMPACT DISC ONE

Prologue

'I am an old man . . .'

5:09

Vere

Act I

Scene 1

'Pull, me bantams!'

6:43

First Mate et al.

'Boat ahoy!'

3:17

Maintop et al.

'First man forward!'

2:17

Claggart et al.

'Your name?'

2:40

Claggart, Billy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master

'Billy Budd, king of the birds!'

2:27

Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe

22:36

COMPACT DISC TWO

'I heard, your honour!'

3:29

Claggart, Squeak, Novice's Friend

'Come along, kid!'

4:22

Novice's Friend, Novice, Chorus

'Christ! The poor chap . . .'

1:30

Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald

'What's that? What's those whistles?'

1:16

Billy, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun

'Starry Vere we call him.'

2:17

Donald, Billy, Chorus, Red Whiskers, Dansker, Bosun

Scene 2

'Boy!'

3:25

Vere, Boy

'Gentlemen, the King!'

5:43

Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master

'Ay, at Spithead . . .'

1:00

Vere, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant

'We are, sir. Claggart is an able one.'

6:36

First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe

Scene 3

'Blow her away.'

2:44

Red Whiskers, Chorus, Billy, Donald, Dansker

'We're off to Samoa . . .'

3:43

Donald, Chorus, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker

'Hi! You . . . a . . . a . . .!'

3:02

Billy et al.

'Over the water . . .'

7:29

Chorus, Claggart

'Come here.'

6:22

Claggart, Novice

'Billy! . . . Hist! Billy Budd!'

4:23

Novice, Billy

'Dansker, old friend . . .'

4:50

Billy, Dansker

62:17

COMPACT DISC THREE

Act II

Scene 1

'I don't like the look of the mist . . .'

2:17

Vere, First Lieutenant

'With great regret I must disturb your honour.'

1:04

Claggart, Vere

'Deck ahoy!'

3:27

Maintop et al.

'Volunteers! Call for boarding volunteers!'

8:13

Vere et al.

'There you are again, Master-at-Arms.'

5:01

Vere, Claggart, Boy

'Oh, this cursčd mist!'

4:04

Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe

Scene 2

'Claggart, John Claggart, beware!'

3:36

Vere, Billy

'Master-at-Arms and foretopman . . .'

3:19

Vere, Claggart, Billy

'God o' mercy!'

2:11

Vere, Boy

'Gentlemen, William Budd here . . .'

1:34

Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe

'William Budd, you are accused . . .'

5:48

First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy

'Poor fellow, who could save him?'

5:02

First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe

'I accept their verdict.'

5:15

Vere

Scene 3

'Look!'

6:05

Billy

'Here! Baby!'

4:10

Dansker, Billy

'And farewell to ye . . .'

5:49

Billy

Scene 4

[Interlude]

3:11

'''According to the Articles of War . . .'''

2:18

All except Vere

'Down all hands!'

2:26

First Lieutenant et al.

Epilogue

'We committed his body to the deep.'

4:57

Vere

79:48

Philip Langridge tenor - Captain Vere

Simon Keenlyside baritone - Billy Budd

John Tomlinson bass - Claggart

Alan Opie baritone - Mr Redburn

Matthew Best bass-baritone - Mr Flint

Alan Ewing bass - Mr Ratcliffe

Francis Egerton tenor - Red Whiskers

Quentin Hayes baritone - Donald

Clive Bayley bass - Dansker

Mark Padmore tenor - A Novice

London Symphony Chorus

Tiffin Boys' Choir

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Recorded in:

Blackheath Halls, London

6-10 December 1999

Producer(s)

Brian Couzens

Sound Engineer(s)

Ralph Couzens

Jonathan Cooper (Assistant)

Richard Smoker (Assistant)


			Awards
			grammy nomination>

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24 Bit

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