Britten : Billy Budd
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Gidon Saks, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Hallé, Manchester Boys Choir, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson
"Pull, my bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, First Lieutenant, seamen)
Christopher Gillet, Christopher Maltman, Manchester Boys Choir, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Matthew Hargreaves, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Robert Johnston, Gidon Saks, Andrew Burden, Ashley Holland, Simon Thorpe, Northern Voices, Hallé
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Send for John Claggart" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Simon Thorpe, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Eric Halfvarson, Martyn Hill
"Billy Budd, King of the birds!" (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe, seamen's voices)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Nortthern Voices, Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Hallé
"I heard, your honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Christopher Gillet, Kent Nagano, Eric Halfvarson, Hallé
"Come along, Kid!" (Novice's friend, Novice, seamen)
Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, William Dazeley, Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Andrew Burden
"Christ, the poor chap..." (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, seamen)
Eric Halfvarson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Simon Thorpe, Ashley Holland, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Northern Voices, Christopher Maltman
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 1
"Vere! Vere!" - Officers and men of the Indomitable..." (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Northern Voices, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"My compliments..." (Vere, Cabin Boy, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Gidon Saks, Hallé, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, 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, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Northern Voices, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Hallé
Interlude / "Blow her away..." (Seamen)
Hallé, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices
"Here lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Northern Voices, Christopher Gillet, Christopher Maltman, Martyn Hill, Hallé
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2
"Come out of that" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, seamen)
Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Eric Halfvarson, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Christopher Gillet, Hallé, Northern Voices
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 2:
"Come here! Remenber your promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Andrew Burden, Hallé, Eric Halfvarson, Kent Nagano
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Andrew Burden, Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, 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)
Hallé, Gidon Saks, Robert Johnston, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Matthew Hargreaves, Martyn Hill, Northern Voices, Richard Van Allas, Russell Smythe, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano, Christopher Maltman, Simon Wilding, Manchester Boys Choir, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir
Britten: Billy Budd, Act 3
"All guns ready, Sir!" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Maintop, Ratcliffe, seamen)
Northern Voices, Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Robert Johnston
"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)
Boy from Manchester Boys Choir, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Gidon Saks, Eric Halfvarson, Simon Wilding, Hallé
"You wanted to see me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
"God o'mercy!" (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hallé, Gidon Saks, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Simon Wilding
Interlude & "William Budd, you are accused" (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)
"Poor fellow, who could save him?" (First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Gidon Saks, Simon Wilding, Russell Smythe, Kent Nagano, Hallé, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
"Look!... Trough the port comes the moonshine astray!" (Billy, Dansker)
Hallé, Richard Van Allas, Thomas Hampson, Kent Nagano
"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