Britten : Billy Budd
Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Manchester Boys Choir, Eric Halfvarson
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Manchester Boys Choir, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Matthew Hargreaves, Simon Thorpe, Russell Smythe
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Martyn Hill, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Simon Thorpe
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Nortthern Voices, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, Northern Voices, William Dazeley
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Thorpe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Thomas Hampson
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Russell Smythe, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Gidon Saks, 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, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Northern Voices, Hallé, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Thomas Hampson, Martyn Hill, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Thomas Hampson, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Richard Van Allas, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Andrew Burden, Eric Halfvarson
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Andrew Burden, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, 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)
Manchester Boys Choir, Richard Van Allas, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Northern Voices, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Robert Johnston, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"There are you again, Master at Arms" (Vere, Claggart, First Lieutenant)
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"Nay, nay, you're mistaken" (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Simon Wilding, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 4
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices