‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Francis Egerton

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)

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

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)

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

0:54

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

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

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)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

Jonathan Coad, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, 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)

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

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)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham, Jeremy White, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Terry Edwards, 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)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Kurt Streit

Tenor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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