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