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