Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (3 CD)

Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (3 CD)

Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (3 CD)
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Composer: Benjamin Britten
Conductor: Daniel Harding
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Adam Green
Performer: Alasdair Elliott
Performer: Andrew Kennedy
Performer: Andrew Staples
Performer: Andrew Tortise
Performer: Daniel Teadt
Performer: Darren Jeffrey
Performer: Gidon Saks
Performer: Hugo Shepherd
Performer: Ian Bostridge
Performer: Jonathan Lemalu
Performer: Kyle Kean
Performer: Laurie Benson
Performer: Mark Stone
Performer: Matthew Best
Performer: Matthew Rose
Performer: Nathan Gunn
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-10-14
Music Label: Virgin Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  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
Music CD 2
  1. I heard your honour! (Claggart/Squeak/Novice's Friend):- Billy Budd
  2. Come along kid! Come along! (Novice's Friend/Novice/Chorus):- Billy Budd
  3. Christ! The poor chap, the poor little runt! (Billy/Dansker/Red Whiskers/Donald):- Billy Budd
  4. What's that? What's those whistles? (Billy/Donald/Claggart/First Mate/Second Mate/Bosun):- Billy Budd
  5. Starry Vere we call him (Donald/Billy/Chorus/Red Whiskers/Dansker/Bosun):- Billy Budd
  6. Boy! - Yes sir! (Vere/Boy):- Billy Budd
  7. Gentlemen, the King! (Vere/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master):- Billy Budd
  8. Ay, at Spithead the men may have had their grievances (Vere/Sailing Master/First Lieutenant):- Billy Budd
  9. We are, sir. Claggart is an able one...Land on the port bow, sir (First Lieutenant/Vere/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe):- Billy Budd
  10. Blow her away, Blow her to Hilo (Red Whiskers/Chorus/Billy/Donald/Dansker):- Billy Budd
  11. We're off to Samoa (Donald/Chorus/Red Whiskers/Billy/Donald/Dansker):- Billy Budd
  12. Hi! You...a...a... (Billy et al):- Billy Budd
  13. Over the water, over the ocean (Chorus/Claggart):- Billy Budd
  14. Come here, Remember your promise (Claggart/Novice):- Billy Budd
  15. Billy!...Hist! Billy Budd! (Novice/Billy):- Billy Budd
  16. Dansker, old friend, glad to see you! (Billy/Dansker):- Billy Budd
Music CD 3
  1. I don't like the look of the mist (Vere/First Lieutenant):- Billy Budd
  2. With great regret I must disturb your honour (Claggart/Vere):- Billy Budd
  3. Deck ahoy! Enemy sail on starboard bow! (Maintop et al):- Billy Budd
  4. Who'll volunteer to beard 'em in the smoke? (Vere et al.):- Billy Budd
  5. There you are again, Master-at-arms (Vere/Claggart/Boy):- Billy Budd
  6. O this cursed mist (Vere/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe):- Billy Budd
  7. Claggart, John Claggart, beware! I'm not so easily deceived (Vere/Billy):- Billy Budd
  8. Master-at-arms and foretopman, I speak to you both (Vere/Claggart/Billy):- Billy Budd
  9. 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
  10. William Budd, you are accused... (First Lieutenant/Vere/Billy):- Billy Budd
  11. Poor fellow, who could save him? (First Lieutenant/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe):- Billy Budd
  12. I accept their verdict (Vere):- Billy Budd
  13. Look! Through the port comes the moon-shine astray! (Billy):- Billy Budd
  14. Here! Baby! (Dansker/Billy):- Billy Budd
  15. And farewell to ye, old Rights o' Man! (Billy):- Billy Budd
  16. Interlude:- Billy Budd
  17. "According to the Articles of War..." (All except Vere):- Billy Budd
  18. Down all hands! And see that they go! (First Lieutenant et al):- Billy Budd
  19. We committed his body to the deep (Vere):- Billy Budd

Music reviews of Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (3 CD)

Music Review: Another Demonstration of The Importance of BILLY BUDD
Rating: 5 Stars

Benjamin Britten's operas continue to grow in popularity as audiences around the world appreciate the extraordinary craftsmanship of his music dramas. There are few opera houses who do not have productions of many of Britten's more popular works - PETER GRIMES, BILLY BUDD, MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, TURN OF THE SCREW, ALBERT HERRING, DEATH IN VENICE - in the standard repertoire. This particular recording of a live performance of BILLY BUDD will add to the growing audience appreciation of just how great Britten's gifts were.

The recording may be live, but the acoustic is rich and sounds as if the performance were captured in a fine sound studio. Daniel Harding conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with a propelling dramatic force without forgetting the poetry inherent in EM Forster's and Eric Crozier's libretto based on Melville's story. For this listener the cast is brilliant. Nathan Gunn finds just the right balance between the 'innocent fool' and the idealistic, vulnerable hero. His voice is secure and eloquent in the Billy o' the Darbies sequence. Gidon Saks as Claggart, the lustfully confused but evil villain, is dark of voice and demeanor. The trio of officers who gather in Captain Vere's cabin (Neal Davies, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose) sing well both individually and together. Ian Bostridge as Captain Vere is such a solid musician that if his presence as the tortured Captain doesn't destroy the listener as much as his predecessors, the quality of his singing is so technically perfect that the character can be forgiven the usual power of personality. The male chorus and orchestra are simply splendid.

Even though the listener may have other recordings of this great work, this recording is so rich musically and dramatically that it should be placed along the other versions with equal quality. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, May 09

Description of Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (3 CD)

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

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