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