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