Britten Conducts Britten Operas I (8CD)

TRACKS
CD1
Albert Herring, Op.39
Act I
Scene 1
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
Scene 2
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
Act II
Scene 1
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

CD2
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
Scene 2
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
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

CD3
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

CD4
Act II
Scene 1
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
Scene 2
4-7  Is That You, Coyle? 2:58
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
Scene 1
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

CD5
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
Scene 2
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
Scene 3
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

CD6
Act II
Scene 1
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
Scene 2
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
Scene 3
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
Scene 4
6-18  "According To The Articles Of War" 1:50
6-19  Down All Hands! 2:21
6-20  Epilogue: We Committed His Body To The Deep 4:39

CD7
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
Scene 1
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
Scene 2
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
Act II
7-20  Interlude III: Sunday Morning By The Beach 2:25
Scene 1
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

CD8
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
Scene 2
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
Act III
8-9  Interlude V: Evening 4:19
Scene 1
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
Scene 2
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