Billy Budd

Album by Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears & Ambrosian Singers & London Symphony Orchestra

Billy Budd is an opera by English composer Benjamin Britten, first performed in 1951. The work combines a tonal yet modernist harmonic language with vivid orchestration and dramatic choral writing to portray a moral and psychological drama set aboard a naval vessel, and it is part of Britten's mid-career output that continued his focus on English-language operas exploring themes of authority, innocence and conscience.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Oh my blacke Soule!
    3:20
  2. 2.
    The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Batter my heart
    1:20
  3. 3.
    The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Oh might those sighes and teares
    3:00
  4. 4.
    The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Oh, to vex me
    1:08
  5. 5.
    The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: What if this present
    2:51
  6. 6.
    The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Since she whom I loved
    3:27
  7. 7.
    The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: At the round earth's imagin'd corners
    2:34
  8. 8.
    The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Thou hast made me
    1:31
  9. 9.
    The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: Death be not proud
    4:05
  10. 10.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74: The pride of the peacock...London
    3:06
  11. 11.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74: Prisons are built... The Chimney sweeper
    2:50
  12. 12.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74: The bird a nest... A poison tree
    4:28
  13. 13.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74: Think in the morning... The Tyger
    2:34
  14. 14.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74: The tygers of wrath... TheFly
    2:48
  15. 15.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74: The hours of folly... Ah, Sun-flower
    4:15
  16. 16.
    Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74: To see a World... Every night & every morn
    3:40
  17. 17.
    Billy Budd: Prologue. "I am an old man"
    5:01
  18. 18.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Pull, my bantams!"
    6:59
  19. 19.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Guard boat! Indomitable!"
    3:16
  20. 20.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "First man forward!"
    2:24
  21. 21.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Your name?"
    2:41
  22. 22.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Billy Budd, king of the birds!"
    2:34

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "I heard, your honour!"
    3:37
  2. 3.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Come along kid! Come along!"
    3:37
  3. 4.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Christ! the poor chap"
    1:25
  4. 5.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "What's that? What's those whistles?"
    1:14
  5. 6.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Starry Vere we call him"
    2:19
  6. 7.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene II. "Boy!"
    3:45
  7. 8.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene II. "Gentlemen, the King!"
    5:31
  8. 9.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene II. "Ay, at Spithead"
    1:05
  9. 10.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene II. "We are, sir. Claggart is an able one"
    6:51
  10. 11.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Blow her away"
    2:38
  11. 12.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "We're off to Samoa"
    3:37
  12. 13.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Hi! You...a...a..."
    2:58
  13. 14.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Over the water"
    6:47
  14. 15.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Come here. Remember your promise"
    4:42
  15. 16.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Billy!... Hist! Billy Budd!"
    4:04
  16. 17.
    Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Dansker, old friend, glad to see you"
    4:43

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene I. "I don't like the look of the mist"
    2:16
  2. 4.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene I. "With great regret I must disturb your honour"
    1:06
  3. 5.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene I. "Deck ahoy!"
    3:23
  4. 6.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene I. "Who'll volunteer to board 'em"
    7:46
  5. 7.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene I. "There you are again, Master-at-arms"
    4:48
  6. 8.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene I. "O this cursed mist!"
    4:14
  7. 9.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene II. "Claggart, John Claggart, beware!"
    3:31
  8. 10.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene II. "Master-at-arms and foretopman"
    3:22
  9. 11.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene II. "God o' mercy!"
    2:12
  10. 12.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene II. "Gentlemen, William Budd here"
    1:33
  11. 13.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene II. "William Budd, you are accused"
    5:32
  12. 14.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene II. "Poor fellow, who could save him?"
    4:21
  13. 15.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene II. "I accept their verdict"
    5:31
  14. 16.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene III. "Look!"
    5:35
  15. 17.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene III. "Here! Baby!"
    4:01
  16. 18.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene III. "And farewell to ye, old Rights o' Man!"
    4:34
  17. 19.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene III. Interlude
    3:06
  18. 20.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene IV. "According to the Articles of War"
    1:50
  19. 21.
    Billy Budd: Act II, Scene IV. "Down all hands!"
    2:21
  20. 22.
    Billy Budd: Epilogue. "We committed his body to the deep."
    4:38

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