‎Billy Budd (Opera In Four Acts (World Premier Performance - December 1, 1951) by Sir Peter Pears

Prologue - I Am an Old Man...

Frederick Dalberg, Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman

4:41

Act I - Pull, My Bantams! Pull, My Sparrow-Legs!

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Sir Peter Pears, Frederick Dalberg, Benjamin Britten

6:24

Act I - Boat Ahoy! Guard Boat! Indomitable!

Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears, Frederick Dalberg, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman

7:44

Act I - Billy Budd, King of the Birds!

Sir Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Frederick Dalberg

2:12

Act I - I Heard, Your Honour! Yes! I Heard.

Frederick Dalberg, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears

3:21

Act I - Come Along, Kid!

Sir Peter Pears, Frederick Dalberg, Benjamin Britten, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman

4:14

Act I - That's the One to Study If You Want to Dodge Punishment.

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Frederick Dalberg, Sir Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten

2:01

Act I - Officers and Men of the Indomitable, I Greet You!

Frederick Dalberg, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears

4:08

Act II - Boy! My Compliments to Mr. Redburn and Mr. Flint...

Benjamin Britten, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Frederick Dalberg, Sir Peter Pears

8:59

Act II - Ay, At Spithead the Men May Have Had Their Grievances...

Frederick Dalberg, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears

5:02

Act II - Blow Her Away! Blow Her to Hilo, Riley!

Frederick Dalberg, Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman

5:10

Act II - Here Lads! Here! Come Here! Remember This One?

Sir Peter Pears, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Frederick Dalberg, Benjamin Britten

6:09

Act II - Handsomely Done, My Lad

Sir Peter Pears, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Frederick Dalberg, Benjamin Britten

6:28

Act II - Come Here. Remember Your Promise.

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Benjamin Britten, Frederick Dalberg, Sir Peter Pears

4:51

Act II - Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!

Frederick Dalberg, Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman

3:51

Act II - Dansker Old Friend

Benjamin Britten, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Frederick Dalberg, Sir Peter Pears

4:40

Act III - I Don't Like the Look

Frederick Dalberg, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears

3:26

Act III - Deck Ahoy! Enemy Sail

Sir Peter Pears, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Benjamin Britten, Frederick Dalberg

11:08

Act III - There You Are Again

Benjamin Britten, Frederick Dalberg, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Sir Peter Pears

7:15

Act III - Orchestral Interlude

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Frederick Dalberg, Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears

5:30

Act III - You Must Forget All That for the Moment

Benjamin Britten, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Sir Peter Pears, Frederick Dalberg

3:47

Act III - The Mists Have Cleared.

Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Frederick Dalberg

2:55

Act III - Orchestral Interlude - William Budd, You Are Accused...

Frederick Dalberg, Benjamin Britten, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Sir Peter Pears

9:26

Act III - I Accept Their Verdict

Sir Peter Pears, Frederick Dalberg, Benjamin Britten, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman

5:40

Act IV - Look! Through the Port Comes the Moonshine Astray!

Sir Peter Pears, Frederick Dalberg, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Benjamin Britten

11:42

Act IV - Orchestral Interlude; 'According to the Articles of War...'

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Sir Peter Pears, Frederick Dalberg, Benjamin Britten

9:54

Act IV - Epilogue: We Committed His Body to the Deep.

Benjamin Britten, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Theodor Uppman, Sir Peter Pears, Frederick Dalberg

4:46

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Sir Peter Pears

Tenor
Benjamin Britten

Artist
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Artist
Frederick Dalberb

Artist

Hervey Alan

Producer
Doug Pomeroy

Mastering Engineer
Philip Reed

Liner Notes

Billy Budd (Opera In Four Acts (World Premier Performance - December 1, 1951)

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