Neal Davies Discography Billy Budd

Billy Budd

Featuring

London Symphony Orchestra , Benjamin Britten , Ian Bostridge , London Symphony Chorus , Matthew Rose , Gidon Saks , Daniel Harding , Jonathan Lemalu and Nathan Gunn

Release date September 15, 2008

Tracklist

1

Billy Budd: Prologue 'I am an old man' (Vere)

5:00

2

Billy Budd: Pull, my bantams! Pull, my sparrow-legs!...Who did that? (First Mate et al)

6:55

3

Billy Budd: Guard boat! Indomitable! (Maintop et al)

3:29

4

Billy Budd: First man forward! (Claggart et al)

2:10

5

Billy Budd: Your name? - Billy Budd, sir (Claggart/Billy/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master)

2:43

6

Billy Budd: Billy Budd, king of the birds (Billy/Sailing Master/First Lieutenant/Ratcliffe)

2:39

7

Billy Budd: I heard your honour! (Claggart/Squeak/Novice's Friend)

3:53

8

Billy Budd: Come along kid! Come along! (Novice's Friend/Novice/Chorus)

4:02

9

Billy Budd: Christ! The poor chap, The poor little runt! (Billy/Dansker/Red Whiskers/Donald)

1:27

10

Billy Budd: What's that? What's those whistles? (Billy/Donald/Claggart/First Mate/Second Mate/Bosun)

1:17

11

Billy Budd: Starry Vere we call him (Donald/Billy/Chorus/Red Whiskers/Dansker/Bosun)

2:26

12

Billy Budd: Boy! - Yes sir! (Vere/Boy)

3:32

13

Billy Budd: Gentlemen, The King! (Vere/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master)

6:25

14

Billy Budd: Ay, at Spithead the men may have had their grievances (Vere/Sailing Master/First Lieutenant)

1:01

15

Billy Budd: We are, sir. Claggart is an able one...Land on the port bow, sir (First Lieutenant/Vere/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe)

6:51

16

Billy Budd: Blow her away, Blow her to Hilo (Red Whiskers/Chorus/Billy/Donald/Dansker)

2:41

17

Billy Budd: We're off to Samoa (Donald/Chorus/Red Whiskers/Billy/Donald/Dansker)

3:48

18

Billy Budd: Hi! You...A...A... (Billy et al)

3:03

19

Billy Budd: Over the water, over the ocean (Chorus/Claggart)

7:43

20

Billy Budd: Come here, Remember your promise (Claggart/Novice)

5:43

21

Billy Budd: Billy!...Hist! Billy Budd! (Novice/Billy)

4:13

22

Billy Budd: Dansker, old friend, glad to see you! (Billy/Dansker)

4:48

23

Billy Budd: I don't like the look of the mist (Vere/First Lieutenant)

1:48

24

Billy Budd: With great regret I must disturb your honour (Claggart/Vere)

1:39

25

Billy Budd: Deck ahoy! Enemy sail on starboard bow! (Maintop et al)

3:22

26

Billy Budd: Who'll volunteer to beard 'em in the smoke? (Vere et al.)

7:46

27

Billy Budd: There you are again, Master-at-arms (Vere/Claggart/Boy)

4:46

28

Billy Budd: O this cursed mist (Vere/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe)

4:44

29

Billy Budd: Claggart, John Claggart, beware! I'm not so easily deceived (Vere/Billy)

3:52

30

Billy Budd: Master-at-arms and foretopman, I speak to you both (Vere/Claggart/Billy)

3:04

31

Billy Budd: God o' mercy! (Vere/Boy)

1:58

32

Billy Budd: Gentlemen, William Budd here has killed the Master-at-arms (Vere/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe)

1:23

33

Billy Budd: William Budd, you are accused... (First Lieutenant/Vere/Billy)

5:47

34

Billy Budd: Poor fellow, who could save him? (First Lieutenant/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe)

4:22

35

Billy Budd: I accept their verdict (Vere)

7:15

36

Billy Budd: Look! Through the port comes the moon-shine astray! (Billy)

5:44

37

Billy Budd: Here! Baby! (Dansker/Billy)

3:58

38

Billy Budd: And farewell to ye, old Rights o' Man! (Billy)

5:18

39

Billy Budd: Interlude

3:08

40

Billy Budd: "According to the Articles of War..." (All except Vere)

2:02

41

Billy Budd: Down all hands! And see that they go! (First Lieutenant et al)

2:50

42

Billy Budd: We committed his body to the deep (Vere)

4:45

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