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