‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Kurt Streit

Introduction

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

1:08

in the forest (Four Young Trees, Two Wild Geese, Semi-Chorus of Old Trees, Chorus)

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, 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,

Jonathan Coad, Neil Griffifths, Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, 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,

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

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)

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

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)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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