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