Young Apollo, Op. 16
Tim Pooley, Lyn Fletcher, Hallé, Nikolai Lugansky, Dara de Cogan, Kent Nagano, Peter Worrall
The Essential Benjamin Britten
Various Artists
"Requiem aeternam"
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic, The American Boychoir
"What passing-bells for these who die as a cattle?" - "Kyrie eleison"
"Liber scriptus proferetur"
Carol Vaness, Westminster Symphonic Choir, Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic
"So Abraham rose..." - "Hostias et preces tibi"
Jerry Hadley, Westminster Symphonic Choir, New York Philharmonic, Thomas Hampson, Kurt Masur, The American Boychoir
"One ever hangs" - "Agnus Dei"
New York Philharmonic, Jerry Hadley, Kurt Masur, Westminster Symphonic Choir
"It seemed that out of battle I escaped"
"Let us sleep now" - "In paradisum"
New York Philharmonic, Westminster Symphonic Choir, Kurt Masur, Carol Vaness, Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson, The American Boychoir
"Listen. The voices of the gods"
Hallé, John Mark Ainsley, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, William Dazeley, Kent Nagano
"Now there is silence"
Kent Nagano, William Dazeley, Dame Janet Baker, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Alison Hagley, John Mark Ainsley, Hallé
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Matthew Hargreaves, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano, Christopher Maltman, Northern Voices, Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Christopher Gillet, Robert Johnston, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Wilding, Martyn Hill
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Simon Wilding, Nortthern Voices, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gidon Saks
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, William Dazeley
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano, Ashley Holland, Christopher Maltman, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Eric Halfvarson, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Gidon Saks, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, 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)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, 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)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Christopher Maltman, Richard Van Allas, Martyn Hill, Hallé, Northern Voices, Christopher Gillet, Thomas Hampson
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices, Eric Halfvarson, Richard Van Allas, Christopher Gillet
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Andrew Burden, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Kent Nagano
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Andrew Burden, 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)
Simon Wilding, Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Manchester Boys Choir, Christopher Maltman, Kent Nagano, Robert Johnston, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Hallé, Northern Voices, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Robert Johnston, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding
"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)
Eric Halfvarson, Simon Wilding, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Hallé
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano
"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)
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices