‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

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)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

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

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:55

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

Kenneth Cranham, Richard Hickox, 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)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

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)

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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