Britten : Billy Budd
Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Manchester Boys Choir, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Simon Thorpe, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Manchester Boys Choir, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Russell Smythe, Matthew Hargreaves
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Eric Halfvarson, Martyn Hill, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Simon Thorpe
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gidon Saks, Nortthern Voices
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
William Dazeley, Andrew Burden, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, 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, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Thomas Hampson, Eric Halfvarson
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Hampson
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)
"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, 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, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano, Christopher Maltman, Martyn Hill, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Eric Halfvarson, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Andrew Burden, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Hallé
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Thomas Hampson, Andrew Burden, Richard Van Allas, Hallé, 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, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Manchester Boys Choir, Richard Van Allas, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Robert Johnston, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, 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)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, 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, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Russell Smythe
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 4
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Northern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano