Billy Budd (original 4 act version)

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composer:Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist)
Eduard Morgan Forster
part of:Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 50) (order: 56)
Wikipedia:en: Billy Budd (opera) [info]
Wikidata:Q803767 [info]
has revision:Billy Budd (2-act version)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 1: Billy Budd, King of the Birds!partialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten2:12
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 1: Boat Ahoy! Guard Boat! Indomitable!partialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten7:44
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 1: Come Along, Kid!partialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten4:15
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 1: I Heard, Your Honour! Yes! I HeardpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten3:21
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 1: Officers and Men of the Indomitable, I Greet You!partialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten4:09
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 1: Pull, My Bantams! Pull, My Sparrow-Legs!partialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten6:25
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 1: That's the One to Study If You Want to Dodge PunishmentOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten2:01
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 2: Ay, At Spithead the Men May Have Had Their GrievancespartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten5:02
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 2: Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!partialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten3:51
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 2: Blow Her Away! Blow Her to Hilo, Riley!partialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten5:11
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 2: Boy! My Compliments to Mr. Redburn and Mr. FlintpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten9:00
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 2: Come HerepartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten4:51
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 2: Dansker Old FriendpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten4:41
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 2: Handsomely Done, My LadOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten6:29
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 2: Here Lads! Here! Come Here! Remember This One?partialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten6:09
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 3: (You Must) Forget All That for the MomentpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten3:48
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 3: Deck Ahoy! Enemy SailpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten11:08
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 3: I Accept Their VerdictpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten5:40
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 3: I Don't Like the LookpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten3:27
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 3: Orchestral Interlude / ClaggartpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten5:31
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 3: Orchestral Interlude / William Budd, You Are AccusedpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten9:26
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 3: The Mists Have ClearedpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten2:56
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 3: There You Are AgainpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten7:15
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 4: Orchestral Interlude / According to the Articles of WarpartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten9:54
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Epilogue: We Committed His Body to the DeeppartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten4:46
1951-12-01Billy Budd, Prologue: I Am an Old Man...partialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten4:42
1951-12 – 1951-12-01Billy Budd, Act 4: Look! Through the Port Comes the Moonshine AstraypartialOrchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten11:42
Billy Bud, Act Four: Epilogue: We committed his body to the deep.partialBenjamin Britten6:38
Billy Bud, Act Four: Scene I: And farewell to ye, old Rights o' Man!partialBenjamin Britten4:55
Billy Bud, Act Four: Scene I: Here! Baby! – Dansker, old friendpartialBenjamin Britten4:26
Billy Bud, Act Four: Scene I: Look! Through the port comes the moonshinepartialBenjamin Britten5:55
Billy Bud, Act Four: Scene II: "According to the Articles of War…"partialBenjamin Britten4:29
Billy Bud, Act Four: Scene II: Down all hands!partialBenjamin Britten2:23
Billy Bud, Act One: Prologue: I am an old man who has experienced much.partialNeil Shicoff, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles5:19
Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Billy Budd, king of the birds!partialWolfgang Bankl, Robert Bork, David Cale Johnson, Bo Skovhus, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles2:13
Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Boat ahoy! – Guard boat!partialWolfgang Bankl, Mitglieder der Gregorianischen Choralschola der Wiender Hofburgkapelle, Peter Jelosits, Janusz Monarcha, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles2:29
Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Christ, the poor chap, the poor little runtpartialChor der Wiener Staatsoper, Boaz Daniel, John Dickie, Eric Halfvarson, Janusz Monarcha, Marcus Pelz, Bo Skovhus, Geert Smits, Alfred Šramek, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles3:17
Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Come along, kid!partialYu Chen, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Mitglieder der Gregorianischen Choralschola der Wiender Hofburgkapelle, John Nuzzo, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles3:14
Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: I heard, your honour!partialYu Chen, Mitglieder der Gregorianischen Choralschola der Wiender Hofburgkapelle, Eric Halfvarson, Cosmin Ifrim, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles3:18
Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Pull, my bantams! Pull, my sparrowlegs!partialWolfgang Bankl, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Mitglieder der Gregorianischen Choralschola der Wiender Hofburgkapelle, Boaz Daniel, Cosmin Ifrim, Peter Jelosits, Janusz Monarcha, John Nuzzo, Marcus Pelz, Geert Smits, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles6:12
Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: To report having boardedpartialWolfgang Bankl, Robert Bork, John Dickie, Eric Halfvarson, David Cale Johnson, Bo Skovhus, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles5:35
Billy Bud, Act One: Scene I: Vere! – Officers and men of the IndomitablepartialChor der Wiener Staatsoper, Neil Shicoff, Bo Skovhus, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles3:47
Billy Bud, Act Three: Scene I: I don't like the look of the mistpartialBenjamin Britten1:52
Billy Bud, Act Three: Scene I: InterludepartialBenjamin Britten3:12
Billy Bud, Act Three: Scene I: There you are again, Master-at-ArmspartialBenjamin Britten7:26
Billy Bud, Act Three: Scene I: Well, what is it, Master-at-ArmspartialBenjamin Britten12:32
Billy Bud, Act Three: Scene II: Claggart, John Claggart, beware!partialBenjamin Britten3:43
Billy Bud, Act Three: Scene II: I accept their verdictpartialBenjamin Britten6:02
Billy Bud, Act Three: Scene II: Master-at-Arms and foretopman, I speak to you bothpartialBenjamin Britten3:52
Billy Bud, Act Three: Scene II: The mists have clearedpartialBenjamin Britten3:15
Billy Bud, Act Three: Scene II: William Budd, you are accused by Captain VerepartialBenjamin Britten9:45
Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene I: Any danger of French notionspartialWolfgang Bankl, Robert Bork, Neil Shicoff, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles5:17
Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene I: Boy! My compliments to Mr. RedburnpartialNeil Shicoff, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles2:07
Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene I: Land on the port bow, sir.partialWolfgang Bankl, Robert Bork, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, David Cale Johnson, Neil Shicoff, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles3:16
Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene I: Plutarch – The Greeks and the RomanspartialWolfgang Bankl, Robert Bork, Neil Shicoff, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles4:19
Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene II: Billy went to his bagpartialEric Halfvarson, Cosmin Ifrim, Alfred Šramek, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles3:12
Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene II: Blow her away, blow her to HilopartialChor der Wiener Staatsoper, Eric Halfvarson, Cosmin Ifrim, Bo Skovhus, Geert Smits, Alfred Šramek, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles8:10
Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene II: I, John Claggart, Master-at-ArmspartialEric Halfvarson, John Nuzzo, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles4:21
Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene II: O beauty, o handsomenesspartialEric Halfvarson, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles4:23
Billy Bud, Act Two: Scene II: Why had it to be Billy, the one we all love?partialBenjamin Britten10:39