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Britten: Paul Bunyan

Britten: Paul Bunyan

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, Timothy Robinson, Kurt Streit, Susan Gritton, Peter Coleman-Wright, Francis Egerton, Kenneth Cranham
1999
Benjamin Britten
Paul Bunyan, Op. 17
1:50:24
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)
Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Leah-Marian Jones, Pamela Helen Stephen, Lillian Watson, Terry Edwards, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
11:03
First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)
Richard Hickox, Peter Coleman-Wright, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
2:45
Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kenneth Cranham, 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, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, John Winfield, Terry Edwards, Christopher Keyte, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
2:07
Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)
Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Kenneth Cranham, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
0:25
Quartet of Swedes (Andy Anderson, Pete Peterson, Jen Jenson, Cross Crosshaulson, Paul Bunyan,
Richard Hickox, Jonathan Coad, Neil Gillespie, Neil Griffifths, Kenneth Cranham, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, 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,
Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Graeme Broadbent, Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham, Jeremy White, Timothy Robinson, Henry Moss, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
1:36
Cooks' Duet (Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Inkslinger, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
Terry Edwards, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Timothy Robinson, Kurt Streit, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Graeme Broadbent, Kenneth Cranham, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
3:39
Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)
Pamela Helen Stephen, Covent Garden, Lillian Watson, Richard Hickox, Leah-Marian Jones, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
1:36
Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham
0:21
Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)
Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Terry Edwards, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
0:54
The Blues - Quartet of the Defeated (Paul Bunyan, The Defeated, Inkslinger)
Jeremy White, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Leah-Marian Jones, Timothy Robinson, Peter Coleman-Wright, Kurt Streit, Kenneth Cranham, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden
4:26
Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]
Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
0:36
Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Peter Coleman-Wright, Kurt Streit, Terry Edwards, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
4:18
Food Chorus (Inkslinger, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)
Timothy Robinson, Kurt Streit, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Terry Edwards, Richard Hickox, Graeme Broadbent, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
4:29
Chorus Accusation (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete, Andy, Chorus)
Kurt Streit, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Neil Gillespie, Neil Griffifths, Richard Hickox, Jonathan Coad, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Christopher Lackner
0:38
Slim's Song (Slim, Inkslinger, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Chorus)
Pamela Helen Stephen, Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Kurt Streit, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Leah-Marian Jones, Lillian Watson, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
2:50
Bunyan's Return (Chorus)
Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Terry Edwards, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
0:46
Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, Kurt Streit, Covent Garden
4:59
Entrance of Chorus (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross, John)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Neil Griffifths, Jonathan Coad, Roderick Earle, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Neil Gillespie, Christopher Lackner
0:31
Tiny's Entrance (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, John)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Timothy Robinson, Roderick Earle, Jonathan Coad, Richard Hickox, Graeme Broadbent, Neil Gillespie, Covent Garden
1:12
Tiny's Song (Tiny, Inkslinger, Slim, Chorus)
Timothy Robinson, Kurt Streit, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Terry Edwards, Richard Hickox, Susan Gritton, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
4:38
Inkslinger's Regret (Inkslinger, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
Kenneth Cranham, Kurt Streit, Covent Garden, Terry Edwards, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
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)
Terry Edwards, Richard Hickox, Jeremy White, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Roderick Earle, Covent Garden, Kenneth Cranham, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
0:43
Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)
Kenneth Cranham, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
0:23
Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox, Terry Edwards, Roderick Earle, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
1:53
Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)
Jeremy White, Richard Hickox, Bryan Secombe, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wyndham Parfitt, Richard Hazell, Donald Bell
1:05
The Mocking of Hel Helson (Hel Helson, Heron, Moon, Wind, Beetle, Squirrel, Fido, Chorus)
Jeremy White, Terry Edwards, Richard Hickox, Lillian Watson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
4:53
Fido's Sympathy (Fido)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Lillian Watson
0:36
Cats' Creed (Moppet, Poppet, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Hel Helson)
Richard Hickox, Jeremy White, Leah-Marian Jones, Kenneth Cranham, Covent Garden, Richard Hazell, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Pamela Helen Stephen, Donald Bell
1:31
The Fight (Chorus)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Terry Edwards, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
1:15
Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
Covent Garden, Susan Gritton, Terry Edwards, Richard Hickox, Timothy Robinson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
2:26
Mock Funeral March (Hel Helson, Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Chorus)
Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kenneth Cranham, Jeremy White, Wyndham Parfitt, Richard Hazell, Bryan Secombe, Covent Garden, Donald Bell
4:23
Hymn (Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
Timothy Robinson, Jeremy White, Covent Garden, Susan Gritton, Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Terry Edwards, Kenneth Cranham, Chorus of the Royal Opera House
3:14
Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)
Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Peter Coleman-Wright
2:18
The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus
Richard Hickox, Henry Moss, Pamela Helen Stephen, Leah-Marian Jones, Lillian Watson, Roderick Earle, Kurt Streit, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
9:58
Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
Kenneth Cranham, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
2:14
Litany (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Inkslinger, Chorus)
Richard Hickox, Leah-Marian Jones, Lillian Watson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kenneth Cranham, Timothy Robinson, Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Covent Garden
7:03

1 November 1999 42 Tracks, 1 hour 50 minutes ℗ 1999 Chandos Records

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Chandos

  • Benjamin Britten

    Composer

  • Richard Hickox

    Conductor

  • Timothy Robinson

    Tenor

  • Kurt Streit

    Tenor

  • Susan Gritton

    Soprano

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