‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Kurt Streit

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

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)

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

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)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham, Covent Garden, 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,

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

1:20

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

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)

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)

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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