‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Peter Coleman-Wright

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham, Neil Gillespie, Neil Griffifths, Covent Garden, Jonathan Coad, 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,

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Richard Hickox

Conductor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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