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