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