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