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