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Britten - Billy Budd | Warner 5190392

Britten - Billy Budd

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Label: Warner

Cat No: 5190392

Barcode: 5099951903923

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 15th September 2008

Contents

Artists

Nathan Gunn
Ian Bostridge
Gidon Saks
Neal Davies
Jonathan Lemalu
Matthew Rose
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor

Daniel Harding

Works

Britten, Benjamin

Billy Budd, op.50

Artists

Nathan Gunn
Ian Bostridge
Gidon Saks
Neal Davies
Jonathan Lemalu
Matthew Rose
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor

Daniel Harding

About

After the award-winning recording of Britten’s Turn of the Screw, released on Virgin Classics in 2002, Daniel Harding and Ian Bostridge meet again around Britten in his great masterpiece, Billy Budd.

The opera, in its definitive 2-act version, was recorded during the 2 concert performances at the Barbican Hall on 7th & 9th December 2007. As principal guest conductor, Daniel Harding conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.

The all-male cast boasts, along with Ian Bostridge as Captain Vere, American baritone Nathan Gunn in the role of Billy Budd, and Israeli bass-baritone Gidon Saks portraying the fiendish Claggart.

'Bostridge's voice, always smooth and luxuriant, is in its prime, with an extraordinary strength and flexibility of colour. And he's a storyteller and actor par excellence, with a massive emotional range.' - Evening Standard following Barbican concert performances: 7th & 9th December 2007

Cast:
- Billy Budd: Nathan Gunn, baritone
- Captain Vere: Ian Bostridge, tenor
- Claggart: Gidon Saks, bass
- Mr Redburn: Neal Davies, baritone
- Mr Flint: Jonathan Lemalu, baritone
- Lieutenant Ratcliffe: Matthew Rose, bass
- Red Whiskers: Alasdair Elliott, tenor
- Donald: Daniel Teadt, baritone
- Dansker: Matthew Best, bass
- Novice: Andrew Kennedy, tenor
- Squeak: Andrew Tortise, tenor
- First Mate: Adam Green, baritone
- Bosun : Mark Stone, baritone
- Second Mate/Gunner's Mate: Darren Jeffery, baritone
- Maintop: Andrew Staples, tenor
- Novice's Friend/Arthur Jones: Roderick Williams, baritone

Recorded Live in concert at the Barbican Hall, London - 7th & 9th December 2007.

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