‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Kurt Streit

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)

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

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)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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