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