‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Francis Egerton

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)

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

Kenneth Cranham, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, 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, Covent Garden, Neil Griffifths, Kenneth Cranham, Neil Gillespie, Jonathan Coad, Richard Hickox, 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,

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Timothy Robinson

Tenor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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