‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Richard Hickox

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

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, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

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,

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

1:20

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

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)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

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)

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

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)

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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