‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

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,

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

1:20

Western Union Boy's Song (Western Union Boy, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny,

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

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)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

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)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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