Britten : Billy Budd
Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Gidon Saks, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Hallé, Robert Johnston, Gidon Saks, Simon Thorpe, Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Christopher Maltman, Christopher Gillet, Matthew Hargreaves, 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)
Kent Nagano, Martyn Hill, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Simon Thorpe, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Wilding
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Nortthern Voices, Hallé, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Simon Wilding, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Christopher Gillet, Hallé
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Andrew Burden, William Dazeley, Kent Nagano, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Northern Voices
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Martyn Hill, Ashley Holland, Christopher Maltman, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Matthew Hargreaves, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Thorpe, Eric Halfvarson, Thomas Hampson, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Kent Nagano, Thomas Hampson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Gidon Saks, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, 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, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices, Hallé, Kent Nagano
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Martyn Hill, Kent Nagano, Christopher Gillet, Christopher Maltman, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Northern Voices, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Christopher Gillet, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Andrew Burden, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano, Hallé
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, 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)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Matthew Hargreaves, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Martyn Hill, Richard Van Allas, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Christopher Maltman, Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Robert Johnston, Gidon Saks, Northern Voices, Manchester Boys Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Hallé, Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Johnston, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Northern Voices, 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)
Simon Wilding, Kent Nagano, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, Eric Halfvarson, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Kent Nagano, Russell Smythe, Gidon Saks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Simon Wilding
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Simon Wilding, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Kent Nagano, Hallé, 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)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Northern Voices