‎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)

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, 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,

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

1:20

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

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)

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

0:54

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

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

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)

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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