‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

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)

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

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, 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)

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

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)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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