Britten: Billy Budd

This page lists all recordings of Billy Budd, by Benjamin Britten (1913-77) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Britten: Billy Budd

Britten: Billy Budd

The Britten-Pears Collection


Peter Pears (Vere), Peter Glossop (Budd), Michael Langdon (Claggart), John Shirley-Quirk (Redburn), Robert Tear & Benjamin Luxon

London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

This DVD is part of the Britten-Pears DVD Collection. This collection features four historically and musically significant films from the BBC archives of works and performances by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, one of the greatest English tenors and Britten’s long-term partner and artistic inspiration.

Released or re-released in last 6 months

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: NTSC

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Decca - The Britten-Pears Collection - 0743256

(DVD Video)

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Britten: Billy Budd

Britten: Billy Budd


Thomas Allen, Philip Langridge, Richard van Allan

English National Opera Chorus & Orchestra, David Atherton, directed by Tim Albery

Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish

DVD Video

Region: 2,5

Format: PAL

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Arthaus Musik - 100278

(DVD Video)

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Britten: Billy Budd

Britten: Billy Budd

(complete opera)


Thomas Hampson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson

Manchester Boys' Choir, Northern Voices, Hallé Choir & Orchestra, Kent Nagano

Erato - 3984216312

(CD - 2 discs)

£26.99 (£22.97 ex. VAT)

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Britten: Billy Budd

Britten: Billy Budd

(complete opera)


Philip Langridge, Simon Keenlyside, John Tomlinson, Alan Opie, Matthew Best, Alan Ewing, Francis Egerton, Quentin Hayes, Clive Bayley, Mark Padmore

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Richard Hickox

Chandos - CHAN9826

(CD - 3 discs)

£25.99 (£22.12 ex. VAT)

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Britten - Billy Budd

Britten - Billy Budd


Britten:

The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35

Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)

Songs and Proverbs of William Blake

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Benjamin Britten (piano)

Billy Budd

Peter Glossop, Peter Pears, Michael Langdon, John Shirley-Quirk, Bryan Drake, David Kelly, Gregory Dempsey, David Bowman, Owen Brannigan, Robert Tear

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten


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Decca Opera Sets - 4174282

(CD - 3 discs)

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Britten: Billy Budd

Britten: Billy Budd


Neil Shicoff, Bo Skovhus, Eric Halfvarson, Robert Bork, Wolfgang Bankl, David Cale Johnson, John Dickie, Geert Smits

Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles

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Orfeo - C602033D

(CD - 3 discs)

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A Tribute To Benjamin Britten

A Tribute To Benjamin Britten

Special Box Set with 7 Operas


Britten:

Peter Grimes

(ENO 1994)

Philip Langridge, Janice Cairns, Alan Opie, Ann Howard, Andrew Green

English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, David Atherton

The Rape of Lucretia

(ENO 1987)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kathryn Harries, Jean Rigby, Russell Smythe, Richard van Allan, Allan Opie, Anne-Marie Owens, Cathryn Po

English National Opera Orchestra, Lionel Friend

Billy Budd

(ENO 1988)

Thomas Allen, Philip Langridge, Richard van Allan, Neil Howlett.

English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, David Atherton

Gloriana

(ENO 1984)

Sarah Walker, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Jean Rigby, Richard van Allan, Elizabeth Vaughan, Alan Opie

English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Mark Elder

The Turn of the Screw

(Schwetzinger 1990)

Helen Field, Menai Davies, Richard Greager, Machiko Obata

Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Steuart Bedford

Owen Wingrave

(Film, 2001)

Gerald Finley, Peter Savidge, Hilton Marlton, Josephine Barstow, Anne Dawson, Elizabeth Gale, Charlotte Hellekant, Martyn Hill

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano

Death in Venice

(Glyndebourne 1990)

Robert Tear, Alan Opie, Michael Chance

The Glyndebourne Chorus and the London Sinfonietta, Graeme Jenkins

Let’s make an opera

An Opera Feature Film by Petr Weigl.

Felicity Palmer, Kate Flowers, Stephen Richardson, John Graham Hall, Lisa Milne, Liam Shena, Julia Campbell, Kevin Bloomer, Nigel Wall, Francesca Massey, Edward Yeo, Nettle & Markham (pianoduo) & Huw Ceredig (percussion)

The Coull Quartet, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Symphony Youth Chorus, Simon Halsey


PLEASE NOTE: The discs are a mixture of PAL and NTSC. Your machine must be compatible with both formats in order to enjoy these DVDs

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Format: PAL & NTSC

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Arthaus Musik - 102103

(DVD Video - 8 discs)

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Britten Conducts Britten: Opera 1

Britten Conducts Britten: Opera 1


Britten:

Albert Herring

Billy Budd

Owen Wingrave

Peter Grimes


Decca Collectors Edition - 4756020

(CD - 8 discs)

£46.49 (£39.57 ex. VAT)

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