Britten : Billy Budd
Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Manchester Boys Choir
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Russell Smythe, Christopher Gillet, Robert Johnston, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Simon Thorpe, Christopher Maltman, Hallé, Matthew Hargreaves, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Simon Thorpe, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Martyn Hill, Simon Wilding, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Simon Wilding, Nortthern Voices, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Christopher Gillet
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, William Dazeley, Northern Voices
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Ashley Holland, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Thorpe, Matthew Hargreaves, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Maltman, Martyn Hill, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Russell Smythe, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, 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)
Hallé, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Northern Voices
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Martyn Hill, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, Eric Halfvarson
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Andrew Burden, Hallé, 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)
Richard Van Allas, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Maltman, Simon Wilding, Martyn Hill, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Johnston, Gidon Saks, Matthew Hargreaves, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Robert Johnston, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Northern Voices, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe
"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)
Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Simon Wilding, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Hallé
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 4
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Northern Voices