Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (1951 World Premiere Performance) (3cd)

Tracklisting

Disc 1

Side 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.