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Britten : Billy Budd

Britten : Billy Budd

Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson
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)
Matthew Hargreaves, Simon Thorpe, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Christopher Gillet, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Robert Johnston, Gidon Saks, Manchester Boys Choir, Christopher Maltman, Russell Smythe, Northern Voices, Hallé
7:12
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Simon Thorpe, Martyn Hill, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Hallé
6:14
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Kent Nagano, Nortthern Voices, Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
2:15
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano
3:22
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Andrew Burden, William Dazeley, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé
3:18
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Eric Halfvarson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Maltman, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Simon Thorpe, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Ashley Holland, Hallé
3:15
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Northern Voices, Thomas Hampson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
4:00
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Hallé, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks
4:45
"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5:16
"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices
4:25
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Hallé
3:08
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Northern Voices, Richard Van Allas, Christopher Maltman, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Gillet, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Martyn Hill, Hallé, Kent Nagano
3:53
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Christopher Gillet, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Eric Halfvarson
3:59
"O beauty, o handsomeness" (Claggart)
Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé
4:40
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden
4:32
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Thomas Hampson, Andrew Burden, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas, Hallé
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, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe
3:14
"Deck ahoy!" (Maintop, Bosun, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere, Donald, Red Whiskers, Dansker, Billy, seamen, powder monkeys)
Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Christopher Maltman, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
4:56
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Russell Smythe, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston
4:55
"There are you again, Master at Arms" (Vere, Claggart, First Lieutenant)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe
3:22
"Nay, nay, you're mistaken" (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Russell Smythe, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Eric Halfvarson
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, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson
5:23
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe
3:36
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5:36
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano
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, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson
8:50
"And farewell to ye" (Billy)
Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Hallé
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)
Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé
2:18
"We commited his body" (Vere)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
4:29

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

RECORD LABEL

Warner Classics International

  • Benjamin Britten

    Composer

  • Hallé

    Orchestra

  • Eric Halfvarson

    Bass

  • Anthony Rolfe Johnson

    Tenor

  • Kent Nagano

    Conductor

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