Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) - Britten conducts Britten Vol.1 - Operas

Albert Herring, Op.39
Act I
1-1 Flo-rence! ... Tell The Midwife! 1:55
1-2 Doctor Jesspo's Wife ... Musn't Touch Illegitimates 2:16
1-3 I Hope We're Not Too Early, Florence 2:30
1-4 Stuffy! Tobacco Stink! 2:42
1-5 Now Then! Notebook, Florence! 2:46
1-6 The First Suggestion On My List Is A Charming Local Girl 4:35
1-7 Is This All You Can Bring? 2:59
1-8 Beggin' Your Pardon 6:12
1-9 Herring! Right! We'll Have Him! 3:03
1-10 Interlude 3:13
1-10 Interlude 3:13
1-11 Bounce Me High, Bounce Me Low 2:30
1-12 Shop! Hi! Albert! 2:17
1-13 Tickling A Trout, Poaching A Hare 3:01
1-14 Meet Me At A Quarter Past Eight 3:04
1-15 He's Much Too Busy Even To Listen 3:35
1-16 Good Morning, Young Man 1:34
1-17 We Bring Great News To You 4:51
1-17 We Bring Great News To You 4:51
Act II
1-18 Isn't He Here? 2:17
1-19 For Three Precious Weeks 3:32
1-20 Quickly, Quickly, Come Along! 4:48
1-21 Here They Are, Dears! 2:26
1-22 My Flowers Are Few 2:35
2-1 I'm Full Of Happiness 3:30
2-2 As Representing The Local Council 1:48
2-3 My Heart Leaps Up With Joy 1:58
2-4 Er-Humph! Er-Humph! 2:39
2-5 Well Tried, Albert! 3:07
2-6 Interlude 6:54
2-6 Interlude 6:54
2-7 Albert The Good! 7:26
2-8 You Oughtn't To Whistle 4:00
2-9 "Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves!" 7:59
2-9 "Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves!" 7:59
Act III
2-10 Introduction 2:19
2-11 Is She Asleep? 3:32
2-12 I'm Hungry, I'm Tired 1:19
2-13 Give Me A Decent Murder With A Corpse! 1:09
2-14 Have You Found Him? 4:42
2-15 Fools! Fools! 2:22
2-16 In The Midst Of Life Is Death 4:22
2-17 Albert ...! 0:40
2-18 I'm Sorry About That 2:12
2-19 I Can't Remember Everything 6:10
2-20 Albert's Come Back To Stay 0:39
Owen Wingrave, Op.85
Act I
3-1 Prelude 2:59
3-2 Scene 1: You've Got Your Maps There? 12:36
3-3 Scene 2: At Last It's Out 6:19
3-4 Scene 3: Your Sherry, Mrs. Coyle 11:23
3-5 Scene 4: Oh, How Unforseen 10:24
3-6 Scene 5: Sirrah! How Dare You! 4:02
3-7 Scene 6: Coyle, I Wish I Had Not Come 7:00
3-8 Scene 7: May God Bless The Queen 8:21
Act II
4-1 There Was A Boy, A Wingrave Born 6:53
4-2 I Emvy You This Fine Old House 2:36
4-3 "Paramore Shall Welcome Woe!" 7:03
4-4 "And With His Young Friend Lechmere Played ..." 4:37
4-5 Now You May Save Your Scornful Looks 5:37
4-6 Ah, Owen, What Shall I Do? 7:40
4-6 Ah, Owen, What Shall I Do? 7:40
4-7 Is That You, Coyle? 2:58
4-8 Come In. - It's Me 5:00
4-8 Come In. - It's Me 5:00
Billy Budd, Op.50 (Revised Version)
4-9 Prologue: I Am An Old Man 5:04
Act I
4-10 Pull, My Bantams! 6:59
4-11 Guard Boat! 3:16
4-12 First Man Forward! 2:25
4-13 Your Name? - Billy Budd, Sir 2:42
4-14 Billy Budd, King Of The Birds! 2:34
5-1 I Heard, Your Honour! 3:37
5-2 Come Along, Kid! 3:37
5-3 Christ! The Poor Chap 1:25
5-4 What's That? 1:14
5-5 Starry Vere We Call Him 2:19
5-5 Starry Vere We Call Him 2:19
5-6 Boy! - Yes, Sir! 3:45
5-7 Gentlemen, The King! 5:31
5-8 Ay, At Spithead 1:05
5-9 We Are, Sir. 6:51
5-9 We Are, Sir. 6:51
5-10 Blow Her Away 2:39
5-11 We're Off To Samoa 3:37
5-12 Hi! You ... A ... A 2:58
5-13 Over The Water, Over The Ocean 6:48
5-14 Come Here. Remember Your Promise 4:43
5-15 Billy! ... Hist! Billy Budd! 4:04
5-16 Dansker, Old Friend, Glad To See You! 4:43
5-16 Dansker, Old Friend, Glad To See You! 4:43
Act II
6-1 I Don't Like The Look Of The Mist 2:16
6-2 With Great Regret 1:06
6-3 Deck Ahoy! 3:23
6-4 Who'll Volunteer To Board 'Em In The Smoke? 7:46
6-5 There You Are Again 4:48
6-6 O This Cursed Mist! 4:14
6-6 O This Cursed Mist! 4:14
6-7 Claggart, John Claggart, Beware! 3:31
6-8 Master At Arms and Foretopman 3:22
6-9 God O' Mercy! 2:12
6-10 Gentlemen, William Budd Here Has Killed The Master At Arms 1:33
6-11 William Budd, You Are Accused By Captain Vere 5:32
6-12 Poor Fellow, Who Could Save Him? 4:22
6-13 I Accept Their Verdict 5:31
6-13 I Accept Their Verdict 5:31
6-14 Look! Through The Port Comes The Moon-Shine Astray! 5:35
6-15 Here! Baby! 4:01
6-16 And Farewell To Ye 4:35
6-17 Interlude 3:06
6-17 Interlude 3:06
6-18 "According To The Articles Of War" 1:50
6-19 Down All Hands! 2:21
6-19 Down All Hands! 2:21
6-20 Epilogue: We Committed His Body To The Deep 4:39
Peter Grimes, Op.33
Prologue
7-1 Peter Grimes! 1:27
17-2 You Sailed Your Boat Round The Coast 3:04
7-3 Peter rimes, I Here Advise You! 2:09
7-4 The Truth ... The Pity ... And The Truth 1:54
7-5 Interlude I: On The Beach 2:57
Act I
7-6 Oh! Hand At Open Doors The Net, The Cork 5:35
7-7 Hi! Give Us A Hand! 3:19
7-8 I Have To Go From Pub To Pub 1:58
7-9 Let Her Among You Without Fault 3:08
7-10 Look, The Storm Cone! 2:41
7-11 And Do You Prefer The Storm To Auntie's Parlour And The Rum? 4:56
7-12 What Harbour Shelters Peace 1:11
7-13 Interlude II: The Storm 4:08
7-13 Interlude II: The Storm 4:08
7-14 Past Time To Close! 4:21
7-15 We Live And Let Live 1:58
7-16 Have You Heard? 1:23
7-17 Now The Great Bear And The Pleiades 3:40
7-18 Old Joe Has Gone Fishing 2:28
7-19 The Bridge Is Down 1:39
7-19 The Bridge Is Down 1:39
Act II
7-20 Interlude III: Sunday Morning By The Beach 2:25
7-21 Glitter Of Waves And Glitter Of Sunlight 5:41
7-22 Let This Be A Holiday 2:59
7-23 This Unrelenting Work 4:40
7-24 Fool To Let It Come To This! 2:18
7-25 What Is It? 1:03
7-26 People! ... No! I Will Speak! 2:13
8-1 We Planned That Their Lives Should Have A New Start 2:27
8-2 Swallow! Shall We Go And See Grimes In His Hut? 0:43
8-3 Now Is Gossip Put On Trial 2:12
8-4 From The Gutter 4:35
8-5 Interlude IV (Passacaglia) 5:27
8-5 Interlude IV (Passacaglia) 5:27
8-6 Go There! Here's Your Sea Boots! 7:18
8-7 Now! ... Now! ... - There's An Odd Procession Here 2:09
8-8 Peter Grimes! Nobody Here? 3:07
8-8 Peter Grimes! Nobody Here? 3:07
Act III
8-9 Interlude V: Evening 4:19
8-10 Assign Your Prettiness To Me 2:36
8-11 Pah! - Ahoy! 2:49
8-12 Come Along, Doctor! 3:18
8-13 Embroidery In Childhood 5:09
8-14 Mr. Swallow! Mr. Swallow! 2:00
8-15 Who Holds Himself Apart 3:45
8-16 Interlude VI: Fog 2:36
8-16 Interlude VI: Fog 2:36
8-17 Grimes! Grimes! 4:56
8-18 Peter, We've Come To Take You Home 2:29
8-19 To Those Who Pass The Borough 5:01
8-19 To Those Who Pass The Borough 5:01