‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Timothy Robinson

Introduction

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

1:08

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

Leah-Marian Jones, Pamela Helen Stephen, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lillian Watson, Terry Edwards, 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)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

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)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

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, Timothy Robinson, Susan Gritton, 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, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Donaldson Bell, Kenneth Cranham, Wyndham Parfitt

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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