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