Britten - Billy Budd

Philip Langridge (Vere), Simon Keenlyside (Billy), John Tomlinson (Claggart), Alan Opie (Mr Redburn), Matthew Best (Mr Flint), Alan Ewing (Mr Ratcliffe), Francis Egerton (Red Whiskers), Clive Bayley (Dansker); London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Richard Hickox

John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere), Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Phillip Ens (Claggart), Iain Paterson (Mr Redburn), Matthew Rose (Mr Flint), Darren Jeffery (Lieutenant Ratcliffe), Alasdair Elliott (Red Whiskers), John Moore (Donald), Jeremy White (Dansker), Ben Johnson (Novice), Colin Judson (Squeak) & Richard Mosley-Evans (Bosun) The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor) & Michael Grandage (director)

Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Vere), Brindley Sherratt (Claggart), Thomas Oliemans (Redburn), David Soar (Flint), Torben Jürgens (Ratcliffe), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Duncan Rock (Donald), Francisco Vas (Squeak), Sam Furness (Novice); Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner

Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Vere), Brindley Sherratt (Claggart), Thomas Oliemans (Redburn), David Soar (Flint), Torben Jürgens (Ratcliffe), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Duncan Rock (Donald); Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner Teatro Real Madrid, Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner

Nathan Gunn (Billy), Ian Bostridge (Captain Vere), Gidon Saks (Claggart), Neal Davies (Redburn), Jonathan Lemalu (Flint), Matthew Rose (Ratcliffe), Andrew Kennedy (Novice), Matthew Best (Dansker), Roderick Williams (Novice's Friend) London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Harding

Thomas Hampson (Billy Budd), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Captain Vere), Eric Halfvarson (John Claggart), Russell Smythe (Mr Redburn), Gidon Saks (Mr Flint), Martyn Hill (Red Whiskers), Christopher Maltman (Donald), Richard Van Allan (Dansker), Andrew Burden (Novice), Christopher Gillett (Squeak), Matthew Hargreaves (Bosun), William Dazely (Novice's Friend) Manchester Boys' Choir, Northern Voices, Men of the Hallé Choir & Orchestra, Kent Nagano

Bo Skovhus (Billy Budd), Neil Shicoff (Captain Vere), Eric Halfvarson (John Claggart), Robert Bork (Mr Redburn), Wolfgang Bankl (Mr Flint), David Cale Johnson (Mr Ratcliffe), John Dickie (Red Whiskers), Geert Smits (Donald), Alfred Sramek (Dansker), John Nuzzo (Novice), Cosmin Ifrim (Squeak), Janusz Monarcha (Bosun), Yu Chen (Novice's Friend) Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles

Read by William Roberts

Peter Pears (Albert), Sylvia Fisher (Lady Billows), Sheila Rex (Mum), John Noble (Mr Gedge), Catherine Wilson (Nancy), Joseph Ward (Sid), Johanna Peters (Florence Pike), Edgar Evans (Mr Upfold), April Cantelo (Miss Wordsworth), Owen Brannigan (Budd), Sheila Amit (Emmie), Anne Pashley (Cis), Stephen Terry (Harry), Peter Pears (Captain Vere), Peter Glossop (Billy Budd), Michael Langdon (Claggart), John Shirley-Quirk (Redburn), Bryan Drake (Mr Flint), Robert Tear (Novice), Benjamin Luxon (Novice's Friend), David Bowman (Donald), Robert Bowman (Squeak), Dennis Wicks (Dansker), Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs Julian), Dame Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere), Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Sir Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces), John Lanigan (Rector), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson) English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere), Phillip Ens (Claggart), Matthew Rose (Mr Flint), Ben Johnson (Novice), Colin Judson (Squeak), Iain Paterson (Mr Redburn), Darren Jeffery (Mr Ratcliffe) London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Sir Mark Elder

Theodor Uppman (Billy), Peter Pears (Captain Vere), Frederick Dalberg (Claggart), Hervey Alan (Mr Redburn), Geraint Evans (Mr Flint), Michael Langdon (Mr Ratcliffe), Anthony Marlowe (Red Whiskers), Bryan Drake (Donald), Inia Te Wiata (Dansker), William McAlpine (Novice), David Tree (Squeak), Ronald Lewis (Bosun) Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Daniel Hope (violin), Nicholas Bone (viola), William Butt (cello), Carol Vaness, Jerry Hadley & Thomas Hampson, Dame Janet Baker & Lorraine Hunt, Thomas Hampson & Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Darcey Bussell & Jonathan Cope BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, American Boychoir, Westminster Symphonic Choir, New York Philharmonic, Hallé Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, The Royal Ballet, Andrew Davis, Paul Watkins, William Conway, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano, Bernard Haitink, Sir Colin Davis, Ashley Lawrence