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Author Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title Billy Budd / Britten.

Publication Info. France : Erato, [1998]
℗1998

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 Talbott Media  CD 3869    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Talbott Media  CD 3869  Booklet    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 2 audio discs (149 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 022845
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording
Note Opera in 4 acts.
Credits Libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, after the story by Herman Melville.
Performer Thomas Hampson (Billy Budd); Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Captain Vere); Eric Halfvarson (John Claggart); Russell Smythe (Mr. Redburn); Gidon Saks (Mr. Flint); Simon Wilding (Mr. Ratcliffe); Martyn Hill (Red Whiskers); Christopher Maltman (Donald); Andrew Burden (Novice); Willim Dazeley (Novice's Friend); Christopher Gillet (Squeak); Manchester Boys Choir; Hallé Orchestra & Choir; Kent Nagano, conductor.
Event Recorded May 25-31, 1997, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England.
Note "This is the first recording of the original version of 'Billy Budd' made expressly for commercial release. Specialists will be aware of the recording of the original broadcast premiere, issued in CD in 1993, which, although undeniably a document of a historic occasion, is both incomplete and technically outdated."--Notes, p. 7.
Ed. recorded: London : Boosey & Hawkes.
Compact discs.
Program notes and synopsis by Donald Mitchel and Philip Reed in English with French and German translations, and libretto with French and German translations (203 p. : ill.) laid in container.
Language Sung in English.
Genre/Form Operas.
Operas.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Added Author Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970, librettist.
Crozier, Eric, librettist.
Hampson, Thomas, performer.
Rolfe Johnson, Anthony, performer.
Halfvarson, Eric, performer.
Smythe, Russell, performer.
Saks, Gidon, performer.
Wilding, Simon, 1970- performer.
Hill, Martyn, performer.
Maltman, Christopher, performer.
Burden, Andrew, performer.
Dazeley, William, 1966- performer.
Gillet, Christopher, performer.
Nagano, Kent, 1951- conductor.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.
Manchester Boys Choir, performer.
Hallé Choir, performer.
Hallé Orchestra, performer.
Music No. 3984-21631-2 Erato