‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Kenneth Cranham

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

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

2:55

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

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

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Richard Hickox

Conductor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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