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Britten: Billy Budd / Nagano, Hampson, Rolfe-Johnson, et al by Thomas Hampson (CD, May-1998, 2 Discs, Erato USA) 
Britten: Billy Budd / Nagano, Hampson, Rolfe-Johnson, et al by Thomas Hampson (CD, May-1998, 2 Discs, Erato USA)

 
Britten: Billy Budd / Nagano, Hampson, Rolfe-Johnson, et al by Thomas Hampson (CD, May-1998, 2 Discs, Erato USA)

Artist: Thomas Hampson
Release Date: May 1998
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2 Discs
Record Label: Erato (USA)
Genre: Classical, Opera
UPC: 639842163125
Product ID: EPID48015411
Description: A half-decade after his emergence as a master of dramatic form in opera, with 'Peter Grimes' in 1945, Benjamin Britten chose Herman Melville's last story, fraught with moral conflict and maritime ambience, as the source for 'Billy Budd.'...
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Playing Time:148 min.
Contributing Artists:Andrew Burden, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Ashley Holland, Christopher Gillett, Christopher Maltman, Eric Halfvarson, Gidon Saks, Martyn Hill, Matthew Hargreaves, Richard Van Allan, Robert Johnston, Russel Smythe, Simon Thorpe, Simon Wilding, William Dazeley
Distributor:WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:Live
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:DDD

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A half-decade after his emergence as a master of dramatic form in opera, with 'Peter Grimes' in 1945, Benjamin Britten chose Herman Melville's last story, fraught with moral conflict and maritime ambience, as the source for 'Billy Budd.' The four-act opera opened at Covent Garden in 1951 but was reconfigured in two acts for broadcast by the BBC a decade later and was released in that version on LP in 1968. This Erato release is the world premiere recording of the original, complete form.
The musical setting on board a late 18th-century English warship with an all-male cast is exciting and engaging, with hints of hornpipes, sea chanteys, and formal military protocol. Equally compelling are the powerful yet haunted performances of Anthony Rolfe Johnson and Eric Halvarson as the Captain and Master-at-Arms of the H.M.S. Indomitable, both of whose lives are profoundly touched by the ingenuous title character, sweetly sung by Thomas Hampson, who is shanghaied to serve on the ship in its pursuit of the French. Kent Nagano himself captains the highly wrought elements of this opera with brilliant balance and acute attention to Britten's nuances of color, timing, and dynamic.

Editorial Reviews
Performance: 4 (out of 5), Sound 5: (out of 5) - ...Thomas Hampson is a definitive Budd, captured here in glorious voice....Anthony Rolfe Johnson as Vere and Eric Halfvarson as Claggart...sing beautifully, as does the supporting cast, and Nagano moves the score along fluently enough.
BBC Music (03/01/1998)

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