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