Britten : Billy Budd
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Manchester Boys Choir
"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, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Thorpe, Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, Matthew Hargreaves, Kent Nagano
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Simon Thorpe, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Martyn Hill, Eric Halfvarson
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Nortthern Voices, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Christopher Gillet
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
William Dazeley, Kent Nagano, Hallé, 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)
Eric Halfvarson, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Simon Thorpe
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Thomas Hampson, 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, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Gidon Saks
"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)
"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Christopher Gillet, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Martyn Hill, Christopher Maltman, Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allas
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Christopher Gillet, Thomas Hampson, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Andrew Burden, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Hallé, Andrew Burden, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allas
"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, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allas, Kent Nagano, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Johnston, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks
"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)
Hallé, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Simon Wilding
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Russell Smythe
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Russell Smythe, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas, Hallé
"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