Britten : Billy Budd
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Northern Voices, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Manchester Boys Choir, Gidon Saks
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Russell Smythe, Matthew Hargreaves, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Simon Thorpe, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Thorpe, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Martyn Hill
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Nortthern Voices
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Hallé, Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, William Dazeley, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Andrew Burden
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Simon Thorpe, Eric Halfvarson, Thomas Hampson, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Christopher Maltman, Ashley Holland, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Thomas Hampson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Hallé
"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, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Northern Voices
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 Maltman, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Northern Voices, Martyn Hill, Kent Nagano
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, Eric Halfvarson, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Andrew Burden, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Andrew Burden
"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)
Kent Nagano, Christopher Maltman, Robert Johnston, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Johnston, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, 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, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Eric Halfvarson
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Hallé, 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)
Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allas
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 4
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices