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