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