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Britten: Billy Budd by Ian Bostridge

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• Artist:Ian Bostridge
• Media:Audio CD
• Label: EMI
• Released: 13 September 2008
• Barcode: 0825646384877
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• • Prologue 'I am an old man' (Vere)
  • Pull, my bantams! Pull, my sparrow-legs!...Who did that? (First Mate et al)
  • Guard boat! Indomitable! (Maintop et al)
  • First man forward! (Claggart et al)
  • Your name? - Billy Budd, sir (Claggart/Billy/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master)
  • Billy Budd, king of the birds (Billy/Sailing Master/First Lieutenant/Ratcliffe)
  • I heard your honour! (Claggart/Squeak/Novice's Friend)
  • Come along kid! Come along! (Novice's Friend/Novice/Chorus)
  • Christ! The poor chap, the poor little runt! (Billy/Dansker/Red Whiskers/Donald)
  • What's that? What's those whistles? (Billy/Donald/Claggart/First Mate/Second Mate/Bosun)
  • Starry Vere we call him (Donald/Billy/Chorus/Red Whiskers/Dansker/Bosun)
  • Boy! - Yes sir! (Vere/Boy)
  • Gentlemen, the King! (Vere/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master)
  • Ay, at Spithead the men may have had their grievances (Vere/Sailing Master/First Lieutenant)
  • We are, sir. Claggart is an able one...Land on the port bow, sir (First Lieutenant/Vere/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe)
  • Blow her away, Blow her to Hilo (Red Whiskers/Chorus/Billy/Donald/Dansker)
  • We're off to Samoa (Donald/Chorus/Red Whiskers/Billy/Donald/Dansker)
  • Hi! You...a...a... (Billy et al)
  • Over the water, over the ocean (Chorus/Claggart)
  • Come here, Remember your promise (Claggart/Novice)
  • Billy!...Hist! Billy Budd! (Novice/Billy)
  • Dansker, old friend, glad to see you! (Billy/Dansker)
  • I don't like the look of the mist (Vere/First Lieutenant)
  • With great regret I must disturb your honour (Claggart/Vere)
  • Deck ahoy! Enemy sail on starboard bow! (Maintop et al)
  • Who'll volunteer to beard 'em in the smoke? (Vere et al.)
  • There you are again, Master-at-arms (Vere/Claggart/Boy)
  • O this cursed mist (Vere/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe)
  • Claggart, John Claggart, beware! I'm not so easily deceived (Vere/Billy)
  • Master-at-arms and foretopman, I speak to you both (Vere/Claggart/Billy)
  • God o' mercy! (Vere/Boy)
  • Gentlemen, William Budd here has killed the Master-at-arms (Vere/First Lieutenant/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe)
  • William Budd, you are accused... (First Lieutenant/Vere/Billy)
  • Poor fellow, who could save him? (First Lieutenant/Sailing Master/Ratcliffe)
  • I accept their verdict (Vere)
  • Look! Through the port comes the moon-shine astray! (Billy)
  • Here! Baby! (Dansker/Billy)
  • And farewell to ye, old Rights o' Man! (Billy)
  • Interlude
  • "According to the Articles of War..." (All except Vere)
  • Down all hands! And see that they go! (First Lieutenant et al)
  • We committed his body to the deep (Vere)