‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Kurt Streit

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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