Britten : Billy Budd
Northern Voices, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gidon Saks, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Eric Halfvarson, Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Simon Thorpe, Northern Voices, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Robert Johnston, Gidon Saks, Christopher Gillet, Matthew Hargreaves, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Manchester Boys Choir
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, Eric Halfvarson, Martyn Hill, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Hallé
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Nortthern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Gidon Saks
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Hallé, Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Hallé, Andrew Burden, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, William Dazeley, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Ashley Holland, Christopher Maltman, Martyn Hill, Hallé, Matthew Hargreaves, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Thorpe, Eric Halfvarson, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, 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)
Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Martyn Hill, Hallé, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Christopher Gillet, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Northern Voices, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Christopher Gillet, Eric Halfvarson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Andrew Burden
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, 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)
Hallé, Martyn Hill, Robert Johnston, Gidon Saks, Matthew Hargreaves, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Richard Van Allas, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Christopher Maltman, Simon Wilding, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Manchester Boys Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Northern Voices, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Robert Johnston, Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Hallé
"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)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Eric Halfvarson, Gidon Saks
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Simon Wilding
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, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Hallé
"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)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices