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