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