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