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Britten: Billy Budd |  | Creators: Benjamin Britten, Kent Nagano, Manchester Boys' Choir, Northern Voices, Thomas Hampson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe
Label: Erato
Category: Music
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 181932
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Running Time: 148 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.7
UPC: 639842163125
EAN: 0639842163125
ASIN: B000006CS4
Release Date: February 23, 1998
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Billy Budd: Act 1: Prologue | | • | Billy Budd: Act 1: Scene I: Pull, My Bantams | | • | Billy Budd: Act 1: Scene I: Send For John Claggart | | • | Billy Budd: Act 1: Scene I: Billy Budd, King Of The Birds (Billy) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 1: Scene I: I Heard, Your Honour! (Claggar) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 1: Scene I: Come Along, Kid! | | • | Billy Budd: Act 1: Scene I: Christ, The Poor Chap, The Poor Little Runt! (Billy) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 1: Scene I: Vere! Vere! Officers And Men... (Vere) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 2: Scene I: My Compliments... (Vere) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 2: Scene I: Don't Like The French! | | • | Billy Budd: Act 2: Scene I: Oh, That's Nothing (Vere) | | • | Billy Budd: Interlude and Scene 2: Blow Her Away | | • | Billy Budd: Act 2: Scene 2: Here Lads! | | • | Billy Budd: Act 2: Scene 2: Come Out Of That! (Billy) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 2: Scene 2: O Beauty, O Handsomeness (Claggart) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 2: Scene 2: Come Here, Remember Your Promise! (Claggart) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 2: Scene 2: Billy! Hist, Billy Budd! | | • | Billy Budd: Act 2: Scene 2: Dansker, Old Friend (Billy) |
Disc 2
| • | Billy Budd: Act 3: Scene 1: I Don't Like The Look Of The Mist! (Vere) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 3: Scene 1: Deck Ahoy! | | • | Billy Budd: Act 3: Scene 1: All Guns Ready Sir! | | • | Billy Budd: Act 3: Scene 1: There Are You Again, Master-At-Arms (Vere) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 3: Scene 1: Nay, Nay, You're Mistaken (Vere) | | • | Billy Budd: IInterlude and Scene 2: Claggart, John Claggart, Beware (Vere) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 3: Scene 2: You Wanted To See Me (Billy) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 3: Scene 2: God O'Mercy! (Vere) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 3: Scene 2: Interlude. William Budd, You Are Accused | | • | Billy Budd: Act 3: Scene 2: Poor Fellow, Who Could Save Him? | | • | Billy Budd: I Accept Their Verdict (Vere) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 4: Scene 1: Look! Through The Port Comes The Moonshine Astray! (Billy) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 4: Scene 1: And Farewell To Ye (Billy) | | • | Billy Budd: Act 4: Scene 1: According To The Articles Of War | | • | Billy Budd: Act 4: Scene 1: Starry Vere | | • | Billy Budd: Act 4: Scene 1: We Committed His Body To The Deep (Vere) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
Benjamin Britten's "Billy Budd", based on Melville's story, is the second-best opera about life on the sea since Wagner's "Flying Dutchman"--the best being Britten's "Peter Grimes". It is one of the 20th Century's most tragic operas and the only important opera with an all-male cast. Its music evokes the ocean: the winds and waves, the sailors' songs, and the harsh realities of a seaman's life on a British 18th-century man-of-war. It climaxes in a deadly confrontation between pure good, embodied in the young sailor Billy Budd (Hampson), and pure evil in the sadistic master at arms, John Claggart (Halfvarson). Composed in 1951, it was shortened to the now standard two acts by Britten for a broadcast in 1960. This brilliant first recording of the original four-act version shows that much was lost in the revision. i--Joe McLellan/i
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| Customer Reviews:
Perfect, amazing, beautiful! February 10, 2001
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I consider this recording the prize of my opera collection. Billy Budd is an amazing, moving, beautiful opera that leaves the listener unconsciously holding his breath at the end. Britten's music never ceases to amaze me, and this is my personal favorite of all his works. This recording is excellent in every way - the three star performers especially are perfect for their roles. Hampson sounds young, charming, handsome and joyful as Billy; he has a beautiful voice and skilled understanding of the music, text and character. Halfvarson is an amazingly evil, powerful, captivating Claggart. Rolfe Johnson sings Capt. Vere with a sensitivity that captures the listener's own emotions - when the orchestra finishes playing, we are left with him alone, the sole earthly witness and survivor. I can't say enough about this recording, or this wonderful opera!
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