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