BILLY BUDD

~ Release by Britten; Donald Runnicles, Shicoff, Skovhus, Halfvarson (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Billy Bud, Act One: Prologue: I am an old man who has experienced much.
vocals:
Neil Shicoff (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten5:19
2Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Pull, my bantams! Pull, my sparrowlegs!
vocals:
Wolfgang Bankl (operatic bass), Chor der Wiener Staatsoper (Wiener Staatsoper Choir), Boaz Daniel (Baritone), Cosmin Ifrim, Peter Jelosits (tenor), Mitglieder der Gregorianischen Choralschola der Wiender Hofburgkapelle, Janusz Monarcha (operatic bass), John Nuzzo, Marcus Pelz and Geert Smits (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten6:12
3Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Boat ahoy! – Guard boat!
vocals:
Wolfgang Bankl (operatic bass), Peter Jelosits (tenor), Mitglieder der Gregorianischen Choralschola der Wiender Hofburgkapelle and Janusz Monarcha (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten2:29
4Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: To report having boarded
vocals:
Wolfgang Bankl (operatic bass), Robert Bork, John Dickie (tenor), Eric Halfvarson (operatic bass), David Cale Johnson and Bo Skovhus (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten5:35
5Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Billy Budd, king of the birds!
vocals:
Wolfgang Bankl (operatic bass), Robert Bork, David Cale Johnson and Bo Skovhus (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten2:13
6Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: I heard, your honour!
vocals:
Yu Chen (baritone), Eric Halfvarson (operatic bass), Cosmin Ifrim and Mitglieder der Gregorianischen Choralschola der Wiender Hofburgkapelle
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten3:18
7Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Come along, kid!
vocals:
Yu Chen (baritone), Chor der Wiener Staatsoper (Wiener Staatsoper Choir), Mitglieder der Gregorianischen Choralschola der Wiender Hofburgkapelle and John Nuzzo
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten3:14
8Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Christ, the poor chap, the poor little runt
vocals:
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper (Wiener Staatsoper Choir), Boaz Daniel (Baritone), John Dickie (tenor), Eric Halfvarson (operatic bass), Janusz Monarcha (operatic bass), Marcus Pelz, Bo Skovhus (baritone), Geert Smits (baritone) and Alfred Šramek (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten3:17
9Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Vere! – Officers and men of the Indomitable
vocals:
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper (Wiener Staatsoper Choir), Neil Shicoff (tenor) and Bo Skovhus (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten3:47
10Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene I: Boy! My compliments to Mr. Redburn
vocals:
Neil Shicoff (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten2:07
11Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene I: Plutarch – The Greeks and the Romans
vocals:
Wolfgang Bankl (operatic bass), Robert Bork and Neil Shicoff (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten4:19
12Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene I: Any danger of French notions
vocals:
Wolfgang Bankl (operatic bass), Robert Bork and Neil Shicoff (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten5:17
13Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene I: Land on the port bow, sir.
vocals:
Wolfgang Bankl (operatic bass), Robert Bork, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper (Wiener Staatsoper Choir), David Cale Johnson and Neil Shicoff (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten3:16
14Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene II: Blow her away, blow her to Hilo
vocals:
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper (Wiener Staatsoper Choir), Eric Halfvarson (operatic bass), Cosmin Ifrim, Bo Skovhus (baritone), Geert Smits (baritone) and Alfred Šramek (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten8:10
15Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene II: Billy went to his bag
vocals:
Eric Halfvarson (operatic bass), Cosmin Ifrim and Alfred Šramek (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten3:12
16Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene II: O beauty, o handsomeness
vocals:
Eric Halfvarson (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
recorded at:
Wiener Staatsoper (The Vienna State Opera) in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 2001-02-12)
partial recording of:
Billy Budd (original 4 act version)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) and Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50)
Benjamin Britten4:23
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recording engineer:Wolfgang Fahrner (balance engineer)
Florian Rosensteiner
discography entry:https://www.orfeo-international.de/pages/cd_c602033d.html [info]