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Show Details

Show: Billy Budd (7)
Music: Benjamin Britten (31)
Lyrics: Eric Crozier (5), E. M. Forster
Book: Eric Crozier (5), E. M. Forster

Recording Details

Date: December 1, 1951
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Method: Live
Language: English
Location: UK / England / London
Theatre/Venue: Royal Opera House
Conductor: Benjamin Britten (31)
Performer: Hervey Alan (2), John Cameron (72), Frederick Dalberg, Rhydderch Davies, Bryan Drake (5), Brian Ettridge, Geraint Evans (6), Peter Flynn (5), Alan Hobson, Emlyn Jones, Michael Langdon (3), Ronald Lewis (2), Hubert Littlewood, Anthony Marlowe, William McAlpine (6), Kenneth Nash (4), Peter Pears (16), Peter Spencer, Inia Te Wiata (8), Dave Tree, Theodor Uppman (6), Colin Waller
Shortcode: [r23868]

Releases

Format: 3-CD
Label: VAI Audio VAIA10343
Released: 1993
Barcode: 089948103424
Audio: Mono
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# Tracks: 27
Lists: 6 collectors / 3 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl36082]

Disc 1
1. Billy Budd: Prologue: I Am An Old Man...
2. Billy Budd: Act l: Pull, My Bantams! Pull, My Sparrow-Legs!
3. Billy Budd: Act l: Boat Ahoy! Guard Boat! Indomitable!
4. Billy Budd: Act l: Billy Budd, King Of The Birds!
5. Billy Budd: Act l: I Heard, Your Honour! Yes! I Heard.
6. Billy Budd: Act l: Come Along, Kid!
7. Billy Budd: Act l: That's The One To Study If You Want To Dodge Punishment.
8. Billy Budd: Act l: Officers And Men Of The Indomitable, I Greet You!
9. Billy Budd: Act ll. Boy! My Compliments To Mr. Redburn And Mr. Flint...
10. Billy Budd: Act ll. Ay, At Spithead The Men May Have Had Their Grievances...
11. Billy Budd: Act ll. Orchestral Interlude; Blow Her Away! Blow Her To Hilo, Riley!
12. Billy Budd: Act ll. Here Lads! Here! Come Here! Remember This One?
Disc 2
1. Billy Budd: Act ll. Handsomely Done, My Lad.
2. Billy Budd: Act ll. Come Here. Remember Your Promise
3. Billy Budd: Act ll. Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!
4. Billy Budd: Act ll. Dansker Old Friend, Glad To See You
5. Billy Budd: Act lll. I Don't Like The Look Of The Mist, Mister Redburn
6. Billy Budd: Act lll. Deck Ahoy! Enemy Sail On Starboard Bow!
7. Billy Budd: Act lll. There You Are Again, Master-At-Arms.
8. Billy Budd: Act lll. Orchestral Interlude; Claggart, John Claggart, Beware!
Disc 3
1. Billy Budd: Act lll. (You Must) Forget All That For The Moment.
2. Billy Budd: Act lll. The Mists Have Cleared.
3. Billy Budd: Act lll. Orchestral Interlude; William Budd, You Are Accused...
4. Billy Budd: Act lll. I Accept Their Verdict
5. Billy Budd: Act lV. Look! Through The Port Comes The Moonshine Astray!
6. Billy Budd: Act lV. Orchestral Interlude; 'According To The Articles Of War...'
7. Billy Budd: Act lV. Epilogue: We Committed His Body To The Deep.