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