Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Gentlemen, the King!"

Peter Pears, Bryan Drake, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten conducts Britten: Opera Vol.1

5 MINUTES AND 32 SECONDS

Album Tracklist

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Flor-ence! Tell The Midwife!"

01:55

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Doctor Jessop's Midwife"

02:17

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "I Hope We're Not Too Early, Florence?"

02:31

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Stuffy!"

02:43

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Now Then! Notebook, Florence!"

02:47

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "The First Suggestion On My List"

04:36

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Is This All You Can Bring?"

02:59

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Beggin' Your Pardon"

06:13

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Right! We'll Have Him!"

03:04

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: Interlude

03:13

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Bounce Me High"

02:31

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Shop! Hi! Albert!"

02:17

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Tickling A Trout"

03:02

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Meet Me At A Quarter Past Eight"

03:04

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "He's Much Too Busy"

03:36

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Good Morning, Young Man"

01:34

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "We Bring Great News To You"

04:51

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Isn't He Here?"

02:18

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "For Three Precious Weeks"

03:33

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Quickly! Quickly, Come Along!"

04:48

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Here They Are, Dears!"

02:26

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "My Flowers Are Few"

02:35

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "I'm Full Of Happiness"

03:31

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "As Representing The Local Council"

01:48

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "My Heart Leaps Up With Joy"

01:59

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Er-humph! Er-humph! I'm No Great Shakes"

02:40

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Well Tried, Albert!"

03:08

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: Interlude

06:55

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Albert The Good!"

07:27

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "You Oughtn't To Whistle!"

04:01

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves!"

07:59

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: Introduction

02:20

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Is She Asleep?"

03:33

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "I'm Hungry, I'm Tired"

01:19

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Give Me A Decent Murder With A Corpse!"

01:10

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Have You Found Him?"

04:42

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Fools! Fools! Blundering Fools!"

02:22

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "In The Midst Of Life Is Death"

04:22

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Albert!"

00:41

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "I'm Sorry About That"

02:13

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "I Can't Remember Everything"

06:11

Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Albert's Come Back To Stay"

00:40

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: Prelude

03:00

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "You've got your maps there?"

12:37

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "At last it's out"

06:20

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Your Sherry, Mrs. Coyle"

11:24

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Oh, How Unforeseen"

10:25

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Sirrah! How dare you!"

04:03

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Coyle, I wish I had not come"

07:01

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "May God bless the Queen"

08:22

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "There was a boy, a Wingrave born"

06:54

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "I envy you, this fine old house"

02:37

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Paramore shall welcome Woe!"

07:03

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "And with his friend young Lechmere played"

04:38

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Now you may save your scornful looks"

05:38

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Ah, Owen, what shall I do?"

07:41

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Is that you, Coyle?"

02:58

Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Come in...It's me, Lechmere"

05:01

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "I Am An Old Man Who Has Experienced Much"

05:04

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Pull, My Bantams!"

07:00

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Guard Boat! Indomitable!"

03:16

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "First Man Forward!"

02:25

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Your Name? Billy Budd, Sir"

02:42

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Billy Budd, King Of the Birds!"

02:35

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "I Heard, Your Honour!"

03:38

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Come Along Kid! Come Along!"

03:37

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Christ, the Poor Chap!"

01:26

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "What's That? What's Those Whistles?"

01:15

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Starry Vere We Call Him"

02:20

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Boy! My Compliments To Mr. Redburn"

03:45

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Gentlemen, the King!"

05:32

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Ay, At Spithead the Men May Have Had Their Grievances"

01:05

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "We Are, Sir. Claggart Is An Able One"

06:52

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Blow, Blow, Blow"

02:39

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "We're Off To Samoa By Way Of Genoa"

03:38

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Hi! You a... a... a..."

02:58

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Over the Water...Handsomely Done"

06:48

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Come Here. Remember Your Promise"

04:43

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Billy! Hist! Billy Budd!"

04:05

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Dansker, Old Friend, Glad To See You"

04:44

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "I Don't Like The Look Of the Mist"

02:16

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "With Great Regret I Must Disturb Your Honour"

01:07

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Deck Ahoy! Enemy Sail On Starboard Bow"

03:24

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Who'll Volunteer To Board 'Em"

07:47

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "There You Are Again, Master-at-Arms"

04:49

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "O This Cursed Mist"

04:15

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Claggart, John Claggart, Beware!"

03:32

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Master-at-Arms and Foretopman"

03:23

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "God O' Mercy! Here, Help Me!"

02:13

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Gentlemen, William Budd Here Has Killed"

01:34

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "William Budd, You Are Accused By Captain Vere"

05:33

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Poor Fellow, Who Could Save Him?"

04:22

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "I Accept Their Verdict"

05:32

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Look! Through the Port"

05:36

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Here! Baby! Dansker, Old Friend"

04:02

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "And Farewell To Ye"

04:35

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: Interlude

03:06

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "According To the Articles Of War"

01:51

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Down All Hands! And See That They Go"

02:22

100

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "We Committed His Body To the Deep"

04:39

101

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "Peter Grimes!"

01:28

102

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "You Sailed Your Boat"

03:04

103

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You!"

02:10

104

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "The Truth...the Pity..."

01:54

105

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: Interlude I: On the beach

02:58

106

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Oh, Hang At Open Doors"

05:36

107

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Hi! Give Us a Hand"

03:19

108

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "I Have To Go From Pub To Pub"

01:58

109

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Let Her Among You"

03:09

110

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Look, the Storm Cone!"

02:41

111

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "And Do You Prefer the Storm"

04:57

112

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "What Harbour Shelters Peace"

01:12

113

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: Interlude II: The Storm

04:08

114

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Past Time To Close!"

04:22

115

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "We Live and Let Live"

01:58

116

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Have You Heard?"

01:23

117

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades"

03:41

118

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Old Joe Has Gone Fishing"

02:29

119

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "The Bridge Is Down, We Half Swam Over"

01:40

120

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: Interlude III: Sunday Morning By the Beach

02:25

121

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Glitter Of Waves"

05:41

122

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Let This Be a Holiday"

03:00

123

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "This Unrelenting Work"

04:41

124

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Fool To Let It Come To This!"

02:18

125

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "What Is It?"

01:03

126

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "People!...No! I Will Speak!"

02:14

127

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "We Planned That Their Lives"

02:28

128

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Swallow! Shall We Go"

00:44

129

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Now Is Gossip Put On Trial"

02:12

130

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "From the Gutter"

04:35

131

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: Interlude IV: Passacaglia

05:28

132

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Go There!"

07:19

133

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Now!...Now!"

02:10

134

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Peter Grimes! Nobody Here?"

03:08

135

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: Interlude V: Evening

04:19

136

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Assign Your Prettiness To Me"

02:36

137

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Pah!"

02:49

138

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Come Along, Doctor!"

03:19

139

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Embroidery In Childhood"

05:10

140

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Mr. Swallow!"

02:00

141

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Who Holds Himself Apart"

03:45

142

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: Interlude VI: Fog

02:36

143

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Grimes! Grimes!"

04:56

144

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Peter, We've Come To Take You Home"

02:29

145

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "To Those Who Pass The Borough"

05:01

Britten conducts Britten: Opera Vol.1

Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Gentlemen, the King!"