‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Peter Coleman-Wright

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham, 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,

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

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

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)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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