‎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)

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

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)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

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

1:20

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

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 Hazell, Kenneth Cranham, Jeremy White, Donaldson Bell, Pamela Helen Stephen, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Leah-Marian Jones

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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