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