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