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