Britten : Billy Budd
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Manchester Boys Choir
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Russell Smythe, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Kent Nagano, Manchester Boys Choir, Northern Voices, Gidon Saks, Matthew Hargreaves, Simon Thorpe
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Simon Wilding, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Martyn Hill, Simon Thorpe
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Nortthern Voices, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Hallé, Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Andrew Burden, William Dazeley, Northern Voices
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Simon Thorpe, Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Eric Halfvarson, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Thomas Hampson
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, 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)
Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Northern Voices, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allas, Martyn Hill, Kent Nagano, Christopher Maltman, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Richard Van Allas, Eric Halfvarson, Thomas Hampson
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Andrew Burden, Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, 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)
Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Simon Wilding, Northern Voices, Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Wilding, Northern Voices, Gidon Saks, Robert Johnston, Russell Smythe
"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)
Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Eric Halfvarson
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Richard Van Allas, Kent Nagano, Hallé, 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