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