Britten : Billy Budd
Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Eric Halfvarson, Manchester Boys Choir
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Manchester Boys Choir, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Christopher Gillet, Simon Thorpe, Robert Johnston, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Matthew Hargreaves, Hallé, Northern Voices, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Russell Smythe, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé, Simon Thorpe, Martyn Hill, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Thomas Hampson, Simon Wilding
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Kent Nagano, Nortthern Voices, Gidon Saks, Thomas Hampson, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, William Dazeley, Hallé, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Ashley Holland, Hallé, Northern Voices, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Thomas Hampson, Simon Thorpe, Eric Halfvarson
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano
"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)
"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Northern Voices, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Hallé, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allas, Martyn Hill, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Hallé, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Eric Halfvarson, Richard Van Allas, Christopher Gillet, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Andrew Burden, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Andrew Burden, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Richard Van Allas, 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)
Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Manchester Boys Choir, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Richard Van Allas, Hallé, Northern Voices, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Robert Johnston, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Northern Voices, Robert Johnston, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, 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)
Simon Wilding, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Eric Halfvarson
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, 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)
Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Simon Wilding
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas, Hallé
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 4
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir