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Britten : Billy Budd

Britten : Billy Budd

Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Manchester Boys Choir
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)
Northern Voices, Matthew Hargreaves, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano, Manchester Boys Choir, Robert Johnston, Andrew Burden
7:12
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Hallé, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Eric Halfvarson, Martyn Hill, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano
6:14
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Hallé, Simon Wilding, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Nortthern Voices, Kent Nagano
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)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Andrew Burden, William Dazeley
3:18
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Thomas Hampson, Eric Halfvarson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Hallé, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano
3:15
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Hallé, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
4:00
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe
4:45
"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)
Hallé, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5:16
"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks
4:25
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices
3:08
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Christopher Maltman, Northern Voices, Martyn Hill, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Christopher Gillet, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Hallé
3:53
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Northern Voices, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir
3:59
"O beauty, o handsomeness" (Claggart)
Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano
4:40
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Andrew Burden
4:32
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Andrew Burden, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson
3:45
"Dansker, old friend" (Billy, Dansker)
Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano
4:18
"I don't like the look of the mist" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Claggart)
Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
3:14
"Deck ahoy!" (Maintop, Bosun, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere, Donald, Red Whiskers, Dansker, Billy, seamen, powder monkeys)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Christopher Maltman, Northern Voices, Gidon Saks, Richard Van Allas, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
4:56
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
4:55
"There are you again, Master at Arms" (Vere, Claggart, First Lieutenant)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson
3:22
"Nay, nay, you're mistaken" (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, Eric Halfvarson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks
3:05
Interlude & "Claggart, John Claggart, beware!" (Vere)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
4:04
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
Eric Halfvarson, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano
5:23
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
3:36
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Thomas Hampson
5:36
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
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)
Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Kent Nagano
8:50
"And farewell to ye" (Billy)
Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Hallé
4:27
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson
4:50
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Hallé, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
2:18
"We commited his body" (Vere)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Kent Nagano
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

  • Gidon Saks

    Baritone

  • Anthony Rolfe Johnson

    Tenor

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