‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Kurt Streit

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)

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

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)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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