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