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