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