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Billy Budd: Act II, Scene I. "Who'll volunteer to board 'em"

First released 19893 recordingson 6 releases

Written by

Benjamin BrittenComposerEric CrozierLibrettistEduard Morgan ForsterLibrettist

Recordings

PerformanceBy
Billy Budd: Act II, Scene I. "Volunteers! Call for boarding volunteers!"Benjamin Britten8:13
Billy Budd, op. 50, Act 2: Who'll volunteer to board 'emJohn Shirley‐Quirk, David Bowman, Gregory Dempsey, Peter Glossop, Owen Brannigan, Bryan Drake, Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten7:47
Billy Budd: Who'll volunteer to beard 'em in the smoke? (Vere et al.)London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding7:46

On these albums

Billy Budd
Billy BuddBenjamin Britten; Sir Peter Pears, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra · 1989
Billy Budd
Billy BuddBenjamin Britten; Simon Keenlyside, Philip Langridge, John Tomlinson, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox · 2000
Britten Conducts Britten: Operas I: Albert Herring · Billy Budd · Owen Wingrave · Peter Grimes
Britten Conducts Britten: Operas I: Albert Herring · Billy Budd · Owen Wingrave · Peter GrimesBenjamin Britten · 2004
Billy Budd
Billy BuddBenjamin Britten; Nathan Gunn, Ian Bostridge, Gidon Saks, Neal Davies, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Daniel Harding · 2008
The Complete Works
The Complete WorksBritten · 2013

Source: MusicBrainz work 776807c4-4550-3607-a03c-5fc310120e84 (CC0).