Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Daniel Harding
Adam Green
Alasdair Elliott
Andrew Kennedy
Andrew Staples
Andrew Tortise
Daniel Teadt
Darren Jeffrey
Gidon Saks
Hugo Shepherd
Ian Bostridge
Jonathan Lemalu
Kyle Kean
Laurie Benson
Mark Stone
Matthew Best
Matthew Rose
Nathan Gunn
Label: Virgin Classics
Number of Discs: 3
Format: Audio CD
Release date:14th October 2008

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Track Listing

1. Prologue 'I am an old man' (Vere):- Billy Budd
2. Pull, my bantams! Pull, my sparrow-legs!...Who did that? (First Mate et al):- Billy Budd
3. Guard boat! Indomitable! (Maintop et al):- Billy Budd
4. First man forward! (Claggart et al):- Billy Budd
5. Your name? - Billy Budd, sir (Claggart/Billy/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master):- Billy Budd
6. Billy Budd, king of the birds (Billy/Sailing Master/First Lieutenant/Ratcliffe):- Billy Budd
7. I heard your honour! (Claggart/Squeak/Novice's Friend):- Billy Budd
8. Come along kid! Come along! (Novice's Friend/Novice/Chorus):- Billy Budd
9. Christ! The poor chap, the poor little runt! (Billy/Dansker/Red Whiskers/Donald):- Billy Budd
10. What's that? What's those whistles? (Billy/Donald/Claggart/First Mate/Second Mate/Bosun):- Billy Budd
11. Starry Vere we call him (Donald/Billy/Chorus/Red Whiskers/Dansker/Bosun):- Billy Budd
12. Boy! - Yes sir! (Vere/Boy):- Billy Budd
13. Gentlemen, the King! (Vere/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master):- Billy Budd
14. Ay, at Spithead the men may have had their grievances (Vere/Sailing Master/First Lieutenant):- Billy Budd
15. We are, sir. Claggart is an able one...Land on the port bow, sir (First Lieutenant/Vere/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe):- Billy Budd
16. Blow her away, Blow her to Hilo (Red Whiskers/Chorus/Billy/Donald/Dansker):- Billy Budd
17. We're off to Samoa (Donald/Chorus/Red Whiskers/Billy/Donald/Dansker):- Billy Budd
18. Hi! You...a...a... (Billy et al):- Billy Budd
19. Over the water, over the ocean (Chorus/Claggart):- Billy Budd
20. Come here, Remember your promise (Claggart/Novice):- Billy Budd
21. Billy!...Hist! Billy Budd! (Novice/Billy):- Billy Budd
22. Dansker, old friend, glad to see you! (Billy/Dansker):- Billy Budd
23. I don't like the look of the mist (Vere/First Lieutenant):- Billy Budd
24. With great regret I must disturb your honour (Claggart/Vere):- Billy Budd
25. Deck ahoy! Enemy sail on starboard bow! (Maintop et al):- Billy Budd
26. Who'll volunteer to beard 'em in the smoke? (Vere et al.):- Billy Budd
27. There you are again, Master-at-arms (Vere/Claggart/Boy):- Billy Budd
28. O this cursed mist (Vere/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe):- Billy Budd
29. Claggart, John Claggart, beware! I'm not so easily deceived (Vere/Billy):- Billy Budd
30. Master-at-arms and foretopman, I speak to you both (Vere/Claggart/Billy):- Billy Budd
31. God o' mercy! (Vere/Boy):- Billy Budd 10:Gentlemen, William Budd here has killed the Master-at-arms (Vere/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe):- Billy Budd
32. William Budd, you are accused... (First Lieutenant/Vere/Billy):- Billy Budd
33. Poor fellow, who could save him? (First Lieutenant/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe):- Billy Budd
34. I accept their verdict (Vere):- Billy Budd
35. Look! Through the port comes the moon-shine astray! (Billy):- Billy Budd
36. Here! Baby! (Dansker/Billy):- Billy Budd
37. And farewell to ye, old Rights o' Man! (Billy):- Billy Budd
38. Interlude:- Billy Budd
39. "According to the Articles of War..." (All except Vere):- Billy Budd
40. Down all hands! And see that they go! (First Lieutenant et al):- Billy Budd
41. We committed his body to the deep (Vere):- Billy Budd

Album Description

Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (3 CD) by Benjamin Britten, Daniel Harding, London Symphony Orchestra, and Adam Green

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