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