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 |
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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











