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