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