‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Richard Hickox

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

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)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

Quartet of Swedes (Andy Anderson, Pete Peterson, Jen Jenson, Cross Crosshaulson, Paul Bunyan,

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

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

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)

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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