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