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