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