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