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