"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Northern Voices, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Simon Thorpe, Kent Nagano, Matthew Hargreaves, Manchester Boys Choir, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Hallé, Robert Johnston, Christopher Gillet
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Gidon Saks, Martyn Hill, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Thorpe, Simon Wilding, Hallé
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Wilding, Nortthern Voices, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Christopher Gillet, Hallé
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Andrew Burden, William Dazeley, Hallé, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Simon Thorpe, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Eric Halfvarson, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Thomas Hampson, Ashley Holland
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, 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)
Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Hallé
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Martyn Hill, Christopher Gillet, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Northern Voices, Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Eric Halfvarson, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Hallé, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Andrew Burden
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allas, Kent Nagano, Hallé, 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)
Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Maltman, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas, Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Russell Smythe
"There are you again, Master at Arms" (Vere, Claggart, First Lieutenant)
"Nay, nay, you're mistaken" (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Eric Halfvarson, Russell Smythe
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Kent Nagano, 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)
Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Richard Van Allas, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Thomas Hampson
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Kent Nagano