Benjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Langridge, Keenlyside, Tomlinson - Billy Budd
Genre: Classical
Singer: Benjamin Britten
Title: Billy Budd
Short-info: Label: Chandos ‎– CHAN 9826
Type: 3 x CD, Album
Country: UK
Date of released: 2000
Category: Classical
Style: Opera, Modern
MP3 album size .rar: 1344 mb
APE album size .rar: 1821 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC DMF WMA RA VOC AHX AIFF AC3

Tracklist

Prologue
1-1 I am an old man 5:09
ACT ONE
Scene 1
1-2 Pull, me bantams 6:43
1-3 Boat ahoy 3:17
1-4 First man forward 2:17
1-5 Your name? 2:40
1-6 Billy Budd, king of the birds! 2:27
2-1 I heard, your honour 3:29
2-2 Come along, kid 4:22
2-3 Christ! The poor chap.. 1:30
2-4 What's that? What's those whistles? 1:16
2-5 Starry Vere we call him 2:17
Scene 2
2-6 Boy! 3:25
2-7 Gentlemen, the King! 5:43
2-8 Ay, at Spithead 1:00
2-9 We are sir. Claggart is an able one. 6:36
Scene 3
2-10 Blow her away 2:44
2-11 We're off to Samoa 3:43
2-12 Hi! You..... a..... aaa! 3:02
2-13 Over the water 7:29
2-14 Come here 6:22
2-15 Billy!....Hist! Billy Budd! 4:23
2-16 Dansker, old friend... 4:50
ACT TWO
Scene 1
3-1 I don't like the look fo the mist 2:17
3-2 With great regret 1:04
3-3 Deck ahoy! 3:27
3-4 Volunteers! Call for boarding volunteers! 8:13
3-5 There you are again, 5:01
3-6 Oh, this cursed mist 4:04
Scene 2
3-7 Claggart, John Claggart, beware 3:36
3-8 Master-at-Arms and foretopman... 3:19
3-9 God o'mercy 2:11
3-10 Gentlemen, William Budd here.. 1:34
3-11 William Budd, you are accused 5:48
3-12 Poor fellow, who could save him? 5:02
3-13 I accept their verdict. 5:15
Scene 3
3-14 Look! 6:05
3-15 Here, Baby! 4:10
3-16 And farewell to ye... 5:49
Scene 4
3-17 Interlude 3:11
3-18 According to the Articles of War 2:18
3-19 Down all hands! 2:26
Epilogue
3-20 We committed his body to the deep. 4:57

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright (c) – Chandos Records Ltd
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chandos Records Ltd
  • Recorded At – Blackheath Halls

Credits

  • Baritone Vocals [Billy Budd] – Simon Keenlyside
  • Baritone Vocals [Donald] – Quentin Hayes
  • Baritone Vocals [Mr Redburn] – Alan Opie
  • Bass Vocals [Claggart] – John Tomlinson
  • Bass Vocals [Dansker] – Clive Bayley
  • Bass Vocals [Mr Flint] – Matthew Best
  • Bass Vocals [Mr Ratcliffe] – Alan Ewing
  • Chorus – London Symphony Chorus, Tiffin Boys’ Choir
  • Chorus Master – Stephen Westrop
  • Composed By – Benjamin Britten
  • Conductor – Richard Hickox
  • Engineer – Brian Couzens, Richard Smoker
  • Engineer, Edited By – Jonathan Cooper
  • Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
  • Producer – Brian Couzens
  • Tenor Vocals [A Novice] – Mark Padmore
  • Tenor Vocals [Captain Vere] – Philip Langridge
  • Tenor Vocals [Red Whiskers] – Francis Egerton
  • Tenor Vocals [Squeak] – Richard Coxon

Notes

Recorded 6-10 December 1999, Black Heath Halls, London.
Two Act Version, revised 1961.
Comes with 198 page booklet and slip case.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 095115982624
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