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