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