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