Benjamin Britten - Billy Budd Revised Version 1961 3 CD Set (Chandos Audio CD)

Chandos Britten 3 CD
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
1 'I am an old man . . .' 5:09
Vere

Act I
Scene 1
2 'Pull, me bantams!' 6:43
First Mate et al.
3 'Boat ahoy!' 3:17
Maintop et al.
4 'First man forward!' 2:17
Claggart et al.
5 'Your name?' 2:40
Claggart, Billy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master
6 'Billy Budd, king of the birds!' 2:27
Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe
22:36

COMPACT DISC TWO
1 'I heard, your honour!' 3:29
Claggart, Squeak, Novice's Friend
2 'Come along, kid!' 4:22
Novice's Friend, Novice, Chorus
3 'Christ! The poor chap . . .' 1:30
Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald
4 'What's that? What's those whistles?' 1:16
Billy, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun
5 'Starry Vere we call him.' 2:17
Donald, Billy, Chorus, Red Whiskers, Dansker, Bosun

Scene 2
6 'Boy!' 3:25
Vere, Boy
7 'Gentlemen, the King!' 5:43
Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master
8 'Ay, at Spithead . . .' 1:00
Vere, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant
9 'We are, sir. Claggart is an able one.' 6:36
First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe

Scene 3
10 'Blow her away.' 2:44
Red Whiskers, Chorus, Billy, Donald, Dansker
11 'We're off to Samoa . . .' 3:43
Donald, Chorus, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker
12 'Hi! You . . . a . . . a . . .!' 3:02
Billy et al.
13 'Over the water . . .' 7:29
Chorus, Claggart
14 'Come here.' 6:22
Claggart, Novice
15 'Billy! . . . Hist! Billy Budd!' 4:23
Novice, Billy
16 'Dansker, old friend . . .' 4:50
Billy, Dansker
62:17

COMPACT DISC THREE
Act II
Scene 1
1 'I don't like the look of the mist . . .' 2:17
Vere, First Lieutenant
2 'With great regret I must disturb your honour.' 1:04
Claggart, Vere
3 'Deck ahoy!' 3:27
Maintop et al.
4 'Volunteers! Call for boarding volunteers!' 8:13
Vere et al.
5 'There you are again, Master-at-Arms.' 5:01
Vere, Claggart, Boy
6 'Oh, this cursèd mist!' 4:04
Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe

Scene 2
7 'Claggart, John Claggart, beware!' 3:36
Vere, Billy
8 'Master-at-Arms and foretopman . . .' 3:19
Vere, Claggart, Billy
9 'God o' mercy!' 2:11
Vere, Boy
10 'Gentlemen, William Budd here . . .' 1:34
Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe
11 'William Budd, you are accused . . .' 5:48
First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy
12 'Poor fellow, who could save him?' 5:02
First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe
13 'I accept their verdict.' 5:15
Vere

Scene 3
14 'Look!' 6:05
Billy
15 'Here! Baby!' 4:10
Dansker, Billy
16 'And farewell to ye . . .' 5:49
Billy

Scene 4
17 [Interlude] 3:11
18 '''According to the Articles of War . . .''' 2:18
All except Vere
19 'Down all hands!' 2:26
First Lieutenant et al.

Epilogue
20 '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)
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit