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