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