Britten : Billy Budd
Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Manchester Boys Choir, Gidon Saks
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Simon Thorpe, Russell Smythe, Christopher Gillet, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Maltman, Gidon Saks, Robert Johnston, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Manchester Boys Choir, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Matthew Hargreaves
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Simon Thorpe, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Wilding, Martyn Hill
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Nortthern Voices, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Christopher Gillet, Hallé
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Andrew Burden, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, William Dazeley, Hallé
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Hallé, Northern Voices, Christopher Maltman, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Thorpe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Ashley Holland, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Russell Smythe, Hallé, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Gidon Saks, 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)
Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Northern Voices, Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Northern Voices
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Richard Van Allas, Northern Voices, Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Maltman, Kent Nagano, Martyn Hill
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Christopher Gillet, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Richard Van Allas, Eric Halfvarson
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Andrew Burden, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Kent Nagano
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, Richard Van Allas
"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)
Robert Johnston, Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Simon Wilding, Christopher Maltman, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Manchester Boys Choir, Gidon Saks, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Russell Smythe, Northern Voices, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Kent Nagano, 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)
Russell Smythe, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks
"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, Hallé, 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)
Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Richard Van Allas, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Hallé
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 4
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Hallé, Kent Nagano