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