Britten - Billy Budd
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Label: Warner
Cat No: 5190392
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 15th September 2008
Contents
Artists
Nathan GunnIan Bostridge
Gidon Saks
Neal Davies
Jonathan Lemalu
Matthew Rose
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor
Daniel HardingWorks
Billy Budd, op.50Artists
Nathan GunnIan Bostridge
Gidon Saks
Neal Davies
Jonathan Lemalu
Matthew Rose
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor
Daniel HardingAbout
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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