‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Kurt Streit

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)

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

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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