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Britten : Billy Budd

Britten : Billy Budd

Manchester Boys Choir, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano
1998
Benjamin Britten
Billy Budd, Op. 50
2:28:44
Prelude
Kent Nagano, Hallé
4:34
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Northern Voices, Simon Thorpe, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Gidon Saks, Manchester Boys Choir, Matthew Hargreaves, Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano
7:12
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Martyn Hill, Gidon Saks, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Thorpe, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Hallé
6:14
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Nortthern Voices, Gidon Saks
2:15
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Christopher Gillet, Eric Halfvarson
3:22
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
William Dazeley, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Andrew Burden, Northern Voices
3:18
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Simon Thorpe, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Northern Voices, Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Thomas Hampson
3:15
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
4:00
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks
4:45
"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)
Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5:16
"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Simon Wilding, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
4:25
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices
3:08
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Martyn Hill, Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Maltman, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices, Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano
3:53
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Richard Van Allas, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Thomas Hampson, Eric Halfvarson, Christopher Gillet
3:59
"O beauty, o handsomeness" (Claggart)
Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé
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)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Andrew Burden, Richard Van Allas
3:45
"Dansker, old friend" (Billy, Dansker)
Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas
4:18
"I don't like the look of the mist" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Claggart)
Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano
3:14
"Deck ahoy!" (Maintop, Bosun, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere, Donald, Red Whiskers, Dansker, Billy, seamen, powder monkeys)
Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Richard Van Allas, Manchester Boys Choir, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices
4:56
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Robert Johnston, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe
4:55
"There are you again, Master at Arms" (Vere, Claggart, First Lieutenant)
Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé
3:22
"Nay, nay, you're mistaken" (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe
3:05
Interlude & "Claggart, John Claggart, beware!" (Vere)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
4:04
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
Hallé, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson
5:23
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Russell Smythe
3:36
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Hampson
5:36
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe
3:47
"I accept their verdict" (Vere)
Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé
4:43
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson
8:50
"And farewell to ye" (Billy)
Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Kent Nagano
4:27
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Hallé
4:50
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices
2:18
"We commited his body" (Vere)
Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé
4:29

1 January 1998 34 Tracks, 2 Hours 28 minutes ℗ 1998 Erato Disques S.A.

RECORD LABEL

Warner Classics International

  • Benjamin Britten

    Composer

  • Gidon Saks

    Baritone

  • Anthony Rolfe Johnson

    Tenor

  • Russell Smythe

    Baritone, Bass

  • Thomas Hampson

    Baritone

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