‎Britten : Billy Budd by Gidon Saks — Apple Music Classical

Prelude

Kent Nagano, Hallé

4:34

"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)

Matthew Hargreaves, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Simon Thorpe, Manchester Boys Choir, Northern Voices, Gidon Saks

7:12

"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)

Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Martyn Hill, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Simon Thorpe, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Hallé

6:14

"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)

Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Nortthern Voices

2:15

"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)

Hallé, Christopher Gillet, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano

3:22

"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)

William Dazeley, Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices

3:18

"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)

Northern Voices, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Thorpe

3:15

"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)

Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices

4:00

"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)

Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks

4:45

"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)

Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Hallé

5:16

"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)

Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks

4:25

Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)

Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices

3:08

"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)

Kent Nagano, Christopher Maltman, Northern Voices, Martyn Hill, Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Thomas Hampson

3:53

"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)

Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Eric Halfvarson

3:59

"O beauty, o handsomeness" (Claggart)

Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano

4:40

"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)

Kent Nagano, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Andrew Burden

4:32

"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)

Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, Thomas Hampson

3:45

"Dansker, old friend" (Billy, Dansker)

Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Richard Van Allas

4:18

"I don't like the look of the mist" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Claggart)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe, Hallé

3:14

"Deck ahoy!" (Maintop, Bosun, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere, Donald, Red Whiskers, Dansker, Billy, seamen, powder monkeys)

Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices

4:56

"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)

Robert Johnston, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano

4:55

"There are you again, Master at Arms" (Vere, Claggart, First Lieutenant)

Hallé, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe

3:22

"Nay, nay, you're mistaken" (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)

Hallé, Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, Eric Halfvarson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks

3:05

Interlude & "Claggart, John Claggart, beware!" (Vere)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Hallé

4:04

"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)

Kent Nagano, Hallé, Thomas Hampson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson

5:23

"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe

3:36

Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)

Hallé, Thomas Hampson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano

5:36

"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)

Hallé, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks

3:47

"I accept their verdict" (Vere)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Kent Nagano

4:43

"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)

Hallé, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allas

8:50

"And farewell to ye" (Billy)

Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Hallé

4:27

"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)

Hallé, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson

4:50

"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)

Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices

2:18

"We commited his body" (Vere)

Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano

4:29

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Gidon Saks

Baritone
Russell Smythe

Baritone, Bass
Thomas Hampson

Baritone
Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Tenor