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