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Britten : Billy Budd

Britten : Billy Budd

Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson
1998
Benjamin Britten
Billy Budd, Op. 50
2:28:44
Prelude
Hallé, Kent Nagano
4:34
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Russell Smythe, Northern Voices, Christopher Gillet, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Matthew Hargreaves, Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Thorpe
7:12
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Martyn Hill, Gidon Saks, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Simon Thorpe, Simon Wilding, Hallé, Kent Nagano
6:14
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Nortthern Voices, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
2:15
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Christopher Gillet
3:22
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, William Dazeley
3:18
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Northern Voices, Simon Thorpe, Eric Halfvarson, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill
3:15
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices
4:00
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano
4:45
"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)
Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Kent Nagano
5:16
"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe
4:25
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano
3:08
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Christopher Maltman, Martyn Hill, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Richard Van Allas, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Gillet
3:53
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Northern Voices, Thomas Hampson, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Richard Van Allas, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano
3:59
"O beauty, o handsomeness" (Claggart)
Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Kent Nagano
4:40
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Andrew Burden, Kent Nagano
4:32
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Richard Van Allas, Andrew Burden, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Thomas Hampson
3:45
"Dansker, old friend" (Billy, Dansker)
Richard Van Allas, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Thomas Hampson
4:18
"I don't like the look of the mist" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Claggart)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Russell Smythe
3:14
"Deck ahoy!" (Maintop, Bosun, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere, Donald, Red Whiskers, Dansker, Billy, seamen, powder monkeys)
Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allas, Manchester Boys Choir, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Northern Voices, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
4:56
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Johnston, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices
4:55
"There are you again, Master at Arms" (Vere, Claggart, First Lieutenant)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Russell Smythe
3:22
"Nay, nay, you're mistaken" (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding, Hallé, Gidon Saks
3:05
Interlude & "Claggart, John Claggart, beware!" (Vere)
Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé
4:04
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
Thomas Hampson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Hallé
5:23
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, 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)
Hallé, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding
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)
Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Kent Nagano
8:50
"And farewell to ye" (Billy)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Thomas Hampson
4:27
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Hallé
4:50
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano
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

  • Russell Smythe

    Baritone, Bass

  • Thomas Hampson

    Baritone

  • Anthony Rolfe Johnson

    Tenor

  • Kent Nagano

    Conductor

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