‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Richard Hickox

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

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,

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

1:20

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

Jeremy White, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Timothy Robinson, Susan Gritton, Kenneth Cranham, Terry Edwards, Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, 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, Richard Hickox, Henry Moss, Pamela Helen Stephen, Leah-Marian Jones, Roderick Earle, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lillian Watson, Covent Garden

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Kurt Streit

Tenor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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