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