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