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