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