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