Britten : Billy Budd
Eric Halfvarson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Manchester Boys Choir, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Simon Thorpe, Russell Smythe, Christopher Maltman, Matthew Hargreaves, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Manchester Boys Choir, Robert Johnston, Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Northern Voices, Christopher Gillet, Gidon Saks, Hallé
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Hallé, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Thorpe, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Martyn Hill, Simon Wilding
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Nortthern Voices, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Hallé
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Kent Nagano, Christopher Gillet, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Northern Voices, Hallé, William Dazeley, Andrew Burden, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Hallé, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Kent Nagano, Simon Thorpe, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Maltman, Northern Voices, Ashley Holland, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Eric Halfvarson
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Gidon Saks, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Russell Smythe
"Don't like the french!" (Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Vere)
"Oh, that's nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Simon Wilding
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Christopher Maltman, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Martyn Hill, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Christopher Gillet, Hallé
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices, Christopher Gillet, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas
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)
Kent Nagano, Andrew Burden, Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allas, 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)
Northern Voices, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Kent Nagano, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Manchester Boys Choir, Christopher Maltman, Richard Van Allas, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Robert Johnston, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, 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)
Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Simon Wilding, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Russell Smythe, Hallé, Simon Wilding
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Kent Nagano, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Hallé
"According to the articles of war" (First Lieutenant, Billy)
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 4
"Starry Vere, God bless you" (Choir)
Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé