Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17
Introduction - Prologue. "Since the birth of the earth" (Trees, Wild Geese)
Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
First Ballad Interlude. "The Cold Wind Blew Through the Crooked Thorn" (Narrator)
Pop Wagner, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle
Bunyan's Greeting. "It is a spring morning" - Call of Lumberjacks. "Down the line!" (Bunyan, Lumberjacks)
Philip Brunelle, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series
Lumberjacks' Chorus. "My birthplace was in Sweden" - Bunyan's Welcome. "Welcome and sit down" (Lumberjacks, Bunyan)
Philip Brunelle, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series
Quartet of Swedes. "Swedish Born and Swedish Bred" (Four Swedes, Bunyan, Chorus)
Philip Brunelle, Phil Jorgenson, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Thomas Shaffer, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Lawrence Weller, Tim Dahl
Western Union Boy's Song. "A Telegram from Oversea" (Western Union Boy, Chorus, Bunyan, Hel, Sam, Ben)
Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Merle Fristad, Vern Sutton, James Bohn, Philip Brunelle, James Westbrock
Cooks' Duet. "Sam for Soups, Ben for Beans" (Sam, Ben, Inkslinger, Bunyan)
Dan Dressen, Philip Brunelle, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Merle Fristad, Vern Sutton
Animal Trio. "Ah! Miaou! The Single Creature Lives a Partial Life" (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)
Philip Brunelle, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Sue Herber, Maria Jette, Janis Hardy
Bunyan's Goodnight. "Off to supper and to bed" - Exit of Lumberjacks. "Down the line!" (Bunyan, Lumberjacks)
Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle
The Blues. "Gold in the North Came the Blizzard to Say" (Bunyan, The Defeated, Inkslinger)
Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Dan Dressen, Philip Brunelle
"Hello Mr Inkslinger" - Bunyan's Goodnight. "Good Night, Johnny, and Good Luck" (Bunyan, Inkslinger)
Dan Dressen, Philip Brunelle, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
Second Ballad Interlude. "The Spring Came and the Summer and Fall" (Narrator)
Philip Brunelle, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Pop Wagner
"Nothing but Soups and Beans" - Food Chorus. "Do I Look the Sort of Fellow" (Chorus, Inkslinger, Sam, Ben)
Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Dan Dressen, Vern Sutton, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Merle Fristad, Philip Brunelle
Accusation Chorus. "There Now Look What You Have Done" (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete, Andy, Chorus)
Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Lawrence Weller, Phil Jorgenson, Thomas Shaffer, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Dan Dressen, Philip Brunelle, Tim Dahl
"In Fair Days and in Foul" - Slim's Song. "I Come from Open Spaces" (Slim, Inkslinger, Poppet, Fido, Moppet, Four Swedes)
Clifton Ware, Philip Brunelle, Phil Jorgenson, Sue Herber, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Janis Hardy, Thomas Shaffer, Dan Dressen, Maria Jette, Lawrence Weller, Tim Dahl
Bunyan's Return. "Look, the Chief Is Back" (Chorus, Inkslinger, Fido)
Philip Brunelle, Maria Jette, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Dan Dressen, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
"Hello, Fido" - Inkslinger's Song. "It Was out in the Sticks" (Inkslinger, Fido)
Dan Dressen, Philip Brunelle, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Maria Jette
Entrance of Chorus. "I Never Knew He Had a Daughter" (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross)
Phil Jorgenson, Philip Brunelle, Thomas Shaffer, Lawrence Weller, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Tim Dahl
Tiny's Entrance. "Look at Me, Miss Tiny, I’m Six Feet Tall" (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, Shears)
Vern Sutton, James McKeel, Philip Brunelle, Lawrence Weller, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Merle Fristad, Phil Jorgenson
"Leave Her Alone, You Fools" - Tiny's Song. "Whether the Sun Shine Upon Children Playing" (Tiny, Inkslinger, Chorus, Slim)
Dan Dressen, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Elisabeth Comeaux, Clifton Ware, Philip Brunelle, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Soloists of the Plymouth Series, Minnesota
Inkslinger's Regret. "All the Little Brooks of Love" (Inkslinger, Bunyan, Chorus)
Dan Dressen, Philip Brunelle, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
Bunyan's Goodnight. "Now Let the Complex Spirit Dissolve in the Darkness" (Bunyan)
Philip Brunelle, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
Bunyan's Good Morning. "The Songs of Dawn Have Been Sung" (Bunyan, Chorus)
Philip Brunelle, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series
"What does he want to see us for?" - Shear's Song. "It has always been my dream" - Bunyan's Warning. "If there isn’t a flood, there’s a drought" (Bunyan, Hel, Shears, Farmers)
Philip Brunelle, James McKeel, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Bohn, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
Farmers' Song. "The Shanty-Boy Invades the Wood" (Shears, Farmers, Cronies)
James McKeel, Richard Allison, Philip Brunelle, Jay Ramos, Stanford Felix, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Benjamin Allen
The Mocking of Hel. "Heron, Heron Winging By" (Hel, Heron, Chorus, Moon, Wind, Beetle, Squirrel, Moppet, Poppet, Fido)
Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Bohn, Maria Jette, Janis Hardy, Sue Herber, Philip Brunelle, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series
"Did You Really?" - Fido's Sympathy. "Won't You Tell Me What's the Matter?" (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Hel)
James Bohn, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Maria Jette, Philip Brunelle, Janis Hardy, Sue Herber
Cats' Creed. "Let Man the Romantic in Vision Espy" (Moppet, Poppet, Bunyan, Cronies, Hel)
Sue Herber, Janis Hardy, Benjamin Allen, Philip Brunelle, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Stanford Felix, Richard Allison, Jay Ramos, James Bohn
"Helson, Helson" - The Fight - Love Duet - Mock Funeral March - Hymn. "Often thoughts of hate conceal" (Bunyan, Hel, Cronies, Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
Richard Allison, Jay Ramos, James Lawless, Stanford Felix, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Bohn, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Elisabeth Comeaux, Clifton Ware, Benjamin Allen, Philip Brunelle
Third Ballad Interlude. "So Helson Smiled and Bunyan Smiled" (Narrator)
Philip Brunelle, Pop Wagner, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Soloists of the Plymouth Series, Minnesota
The Christmas Party. "Another Slice of Turkey" (Chorus, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, Tiny, Slim, Hel, Shears, Western Union Boy)
Dan Dressen, Maria Jette, James McKeel, Clifton Ware, Philip Brunelle, Elisabeth Comeaux, Sue Herber, James Westbrock, James Bohn, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Janis Hardy
Bunyan's Farewell. "Now the Task That Made Us Friends" (Bunyan)
James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle
Litany. "The Campfire Embers Are Black and Cold" (Chorus, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Bunyan, Hel, Inkslinger)
Philip Brunelle, Maria Jette, James Bohn, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Dan Dressen, Sue Herber, Janis Hardy, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Elisabeth Comeaux, Clifton Ware
Production
- Steve BarnettProducer