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