‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Timothy Robinson

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)

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Kurt Streit

Tenor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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