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