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