Benjamin Britten - Glossop, Pears, Langdon, Shirley-Quirk, The London Symphony Orchestra, Britten - Billy Budd FLAC download

Tracklist

Billy Budd, Op.50
Prologue
A1a	I am an old man
ACT I Scene 1
A1b	Pull, me bantams
A1c	Boat Ahoy!
A1d	Your name?
A1e	Billy Budd, King of the birds!
B1a	I heard, your honour
B1b	Come along, kid
B1c	Christ! The poor chap..
B1d	What's that? What's those whistles?
B1e	What's the rest like
B1f	Starry, Starry Vere
B1g	Orchestral Interlude
ACT I Scene 2
B1h	Boy!
B1i	Don't like the French
B1j	Oh, the Nore!
B1k	Ay, at Spithead
B1l	We must be on our guard...
B1m	Blow her away (shanty)
C1a	Land on the port bow
C1b	Orchestral Interlude
ACT I Scene 3
C1c	Blow her away (shanty)
C1d	We're off to Samoa
C1e	Hi! You..... a..... aaa!
C1f	Get back there...
C1g	Over the water
C1h	O beauty, o handsomeness...
C1i	Come here
C1j	Billy!....Hist! Billy Budd!
C1k	Dansker, old friend...
ACT II Scene 1
D1a	I don't like the look of the mist
D1b	With great regret
D1c	Deck Ahoy!
D1d	Man the braces
D1e	Mister Redburn, sight the long ighteens
D1f	Short deck!
D1g	The mist!
E1a	There you are again...
E1b	Nay, you're mistaken
E1c	Oh, this cursed mist
ACT II Scene 2
E1d	Claggart, John Claggart, beware
E1e	You wanted me...
E1f	Master-At-Arms and Foretopman...
E1g	William Budd, I accuse you...
E1h	The mists have cleared
E1i	Gret God! for what reason?
E1j	The boy has been provoked
E1k	Jusitice must be done...
E1l	William Budd, you are accused
E1m	Poor fellow, who could save him?
E1n	Aye there's nothing to discuss...
E1o	We've no choice
E1p	What then is our verdict
F1a	I accept their verdict.
F1b	Orchestral Interlude
ACT II Scene 3
F1c	Look!
F1d	Here, Baby!
F1e	And farewell to ye...
F1f	Orchestral Interlude
ACT II Scene 4
F1g	March: All hands assemble
F1h	According to the articles of war
F1i	Down all hands!
Epilogue
F1j	We committed his body to the deep.

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Decca Record Company Limited

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Billy Budd] – Peter Glossop
• Baritone Vocals [Bosun] – Delme Bryn-Jones
• Baritone Vocals [Donald] – David Bowman
• Baritone Vocals [Mr Redburn] – John Shirley-Quirk
• Baritone Vocals [Novice's Friend] – Benjamin Luxon
• Bass Vocals [Claggart] – Michael Langdon
• Bass Vocals [Dansker] – Owen Brannigan
• Bass Vocals [Mr Flint] – Bryan Drake
• Bass Vocals [Mr Ratcliffe] – David Kelly
• Choir – Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
• Chorus – The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
• Chorus Master – John McCarthy
• Composed By, Conductor – Benjamin Britten
• Engineer – Gordon Parry, Kenneth Wilkinson
• Libretto By – EM Forster*, Eric Crozier
• Liner Notes – John Warrack
• Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
• Producer [Assistant] – David Harvey
• Producer, Liner Notes – John Culshaw
• Tenor Vocals [A novice] – Robert Tear
• Tenor Vocals [Captain Vere] – Peter Pears
• Tenor Vocals [Red Whiskers] – Gregory Dempsey
• Tenor Vocals [Squeak] – Robert Bowman

Notes

Blue cloth-covered box set, title and composer stamped on front and spine in gold

1961 Revised Version of Opera
Recorded: Kingsway Hall, London; December 1967
Includes 32 page insert with notes and full libretto in English only

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout): ZAL-8350
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout): ZAL-8351
• Matrix / Runout (Side 3 runout): ZAL-8352
• Matrix / Runout (Side 4 runout): ZAL-8353
• Matrix / Runout (Side 5 runout): ZAL-8354
• Matrix / Runout (Side 6 runout): ZAL-8355

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
Set 379-81	Benjamin Britten - Glossop*, Pears*, Langdon*, Shirley-Quirk*, The London Symphony Orchestra, Britten*	Benjamin Britten - Glossop*, Pears*, Langdon*, Shirley-Quirk*, The London Symphony Orchestra, Britten* - Billy Budd ‎(3xLP)	Decca	Set 379-81	UK	1968
417 428-2	Benjamin Britten - Pears*, Glossop* - Benjamin Britten	Benjamin Britten - Pears*, Glossop* - Benjamin Britten - Billy Budd ‎(3xCD, Album)	Decca	417 428-2	Europe	1989
osa-1390	Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Peter Glossop, Michael Langdon, John Shirley-Quirk	Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Peter Glossop, Michael Langdon, John Shirley-Quirk - Billy Budd ‎(3xLP)	London Records	osa-1390	US	Unknown