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