‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Introduction

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox

1:08

in the forest (Four Young Trees, Two Wild Geese, Semi-Chorus of Old Trees, Chorus)

Terry Edwards, Pamela Helen Stephen, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lillian Watson, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Leah-Marian Jones, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Peter Coleman-Wright, Richard Hickox

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kenneth Cranham, Covent Garden

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Terry Edwards, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

Jonathan Fisher, Christopher Keyte, Covent Garden, Terry Edwards, John Winfield, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kenneth Cranham, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

0:25

Quartet of Swedes (Andy Anderson, Pete Peterson, Jen Jenson, Cross Crosshaulson, Paul Bunyan,

Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Kenneth Cranham, Neil Griffifths, Neil Gillespie, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jonathan Coad, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Christopher Lackner

1:20

Western Union Boy's Song (Western Union Boy, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny,

Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jeremy White, Henry Moss, Kenneth Cranham, Graeme Broadbent, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

1:36

Cooks' Duet (Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Inkslinger, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)

Graeme Broadbent, Kurt Streit, Kenneth Cranham, Terry Edwards, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

Richard Hickox, Leah-Marian Jones, Covent Garden, Lillian Watson, Pamela Helen Stephen, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kenneth Cranham, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, Terry Edwards, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

0:54

The Blues - Quartet of the Defeated (Paul Bunyan, The Defeated, Inkslinger)

Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kurt Streit, Jeremy White, Covent Garden, Kenneth Cranham, Leah-Marian Jones, Peter Coleman-Wright

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Kenneth Cranham

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Kurt Streit, Peter Coleman-Wright, Terry Edwards, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

4:18

Food Chorus (Inkslinger, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)

Graeme Broadbent, Terry Edwards, Kurt Streit, Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

4:29

Chorus Accusation (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete, Andy, Chorus)

Jonathan Coad, Kurt Streit, Neil Griffifths, Covent Garden, Neil Gillespie, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Christopher Lackner

0:38

Slim's Song (Slim, Inkslinger, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Chorus)

Lillian Watson, Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Leah-Marian Jones, Covent Garden, Kurt Streit, Pamela Helen Stephen, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

Terry Edwards, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Kurt Streit, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

4:59

Entrance of Chorus (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross, John)

Richard Hickox, Neil Griffifths, Neil Gillespie, Covent Garden, Jonathan Coad, Roderick Earle, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Christopher Lackner

0:31

Tiny's Entrance (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, John)

Neil Gillespie, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Roderick Earle, Jonathan Coad, Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Graeme Broadbent

1:12

Tiny's Song (Tiny, Inkslinger, Slim, Chorus)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Susan Gritton, Kurt Streit, Covent Garden, Terry Edwards, Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

4:38

Inkslinger's Regret (Inkslinger, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Chorus)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kurt Streit, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham, Terry Edwards, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

Kenneth Cranham, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

2:55

Shears's Song (John Shears, Farmer's Chorus, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson)

Jeremy White, Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Roderick Earle, Terry Edwards, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

Covent Garden, Kenneth Cranham, Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Roderick Earle, Terry Edwards, Richard Hickox, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jeremy White, Donaldson Bell, Wyndham Parfitt, Richard Hickox, Richard Hazell, Bryan Secombe

1:05

The Mocking of Hel Helson (Hel Helson, Heron, Moon, Wind, Beetle, Squirrel, Fido, Chorus)

Jeremy White, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lillian Watson, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Terry Edwards, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Lillian Watson

0:36

Cats' Creed (Moppet, Poppet, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Hel Helson)

Kenneth Cranham, Jeremy White, Donaldson Bell, Richard Hazell, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Leah-Marian Jones, Pamela Helen Stephen, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Terry Edwards, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

Covent Garden, Terry Edwards, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Susan Gritton, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

2:26

Mock Funeral March (Hel Helson, Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Chorus)

Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Bryan Secombe, Jeremy White, Donaldson Bell, Kenneth Cranham, Wyndham Parfitt, Richard Hazell, Richard Hickox

4:23

Hymn (Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

Jeremy White, Covent Garden, Terry Edwards, Kenneth Cranham, Susan Gritton, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

Covent Garden, Peter Coleman-Wright, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox

2:18

The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus

Lillian Watson, Kurt Streit, Pamela Helen Stephen, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Leah-Marian Jones, Roderick Earle, Richard Hickox, Henry Moss

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

Kenneth Cranham, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

2:14

Litany (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Inkslinger, Chorus)

Covent Garden, Leah-Marian Jones, Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham, Lillian Watson, Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Timothy Robinson

Tenor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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