‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Peter Coleman-Wright, 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)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

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,

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

1:20

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

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)

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)

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

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)

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Richard Hickox

Conductor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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