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