‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Peter Coleman-Wright

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Timothy Robinson

Tenor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

RECORD LABEL

On This Album