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