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