‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Timothy Robinson

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

Covent Garden, Kurt Streit, Timothy Robinson, Richard Hickox, Graeme Broadbent, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Terry Edwards, 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, Richard Hickox, Neil Griffifths, Covent Garden, Jonathan Coad, Christopher Lackner, Chorus of the Royal Opera House

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Richard Hickox

Conductor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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