Britten : Billy Budd
Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Eric Halfvarson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Simon Thorpe, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Gidon Saks, Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Kent Nagano, Matthew Hargreaves
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Martyn Hill, Simon Thorpe, Hallé
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Nortthern Voices
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Hallé, Christopher Gillet, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, William Dazeley, Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, Northern Voices
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks
"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)
"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Martyn Hill, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Maltman, Northern Voices, 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, Richard Van Allas, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Andrew Burden, Kent Nagano
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Thomas Hampson, Andrew Burden
"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)
Richard Van Allas, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Manchester Boys Choir, Northern Voices, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Robert Johnston, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices
"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)
Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Hallé, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 4
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices