"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Christopher Maltman, Christopher Gillet, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Robert Johnston, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Matthew Hargreaves, Russell Smythe, Manchester Boys Choir, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Gidon Saks, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Martyn Hill, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Nortthern Voices, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Christopher Gillet
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, William Dazeley, Andrew Burden, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Ashley Holland, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Northern Voices, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Maltman, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Kent Nagano
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Gidon Saks, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)
"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Kent Nagano, Martyn Hill, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Maltman, Christopher Gillet, Thomas Hampson
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Richard Van Allas, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Andrew Burden, Hallé
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Andrew Burden, Hallé, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas
"I don't like the look of the mist" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Claggart)
"Deck ahoy!" (Maintop, Bosun, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere, Donald, Red Whiskers, Dansker, Billy, seamen, powder monkeys)
Christopher Maltman, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Manchester Boys Choir, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Hallé, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Richard Van Allas
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Northern Voices, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks
"There are you again, Master at Arms" (Vere, Claggart, First Lieutenant)
"Nay, nay, you're mistaken" (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Simon Wilding, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Simon Wilding, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Simon Wilding, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir