‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Peter Coleman-Wright

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)

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

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,

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

1:20

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

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)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Kurt Streit

Tenor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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