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