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