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