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