Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17
Introduction - Prologue. "Since the birth of the earth" (Trees, Wild Geese)
Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle
First Ballad Interlude. "The Cold Wind Blew Through the Crooked Thorn" (Narrator)
Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Pop Wagner, Philip Brunelle
Bunyan's Greeting. "It is a spring morning" - Call of Lumberjacks. "Down the line!" (Bunyan, Lumberjacks)
Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, James Lawless
Lumberjacks' Chorus. "My birthplace was in Sweden" - Bunyan's Welcome. "Welcome and sit down" (Lumberjacks, Bunyan)
James Lawless, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle
Quartet of Swedes. "Swedish Born and Swedish Bred" (Four Swedes, Bunyan, Chorus)
Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Lawrence Weller, Philip Brunelle, Tim Dahl, Phil Jorgenson, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Thomas Shaffer
Western Union Boy's Song. "A Telegram from Oversea" (Western Union Boy, Chorus, Bunyan, Hel, Sam, Ben)
Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Vern Sutton, Merle Fristad, James Lawless, James Bohn, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Westbrock
Cooks' Duet. "Sam for Soups, Ben for Beans" (Sam, Ben, Inkslinger, Bunyan)
Merle Fristad, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Vern Sutton, Dan Dressen, Philip Brunelle, James Lawless
Animal Trio. "Ah! Miaou! The Single Creature Lives a Partial Life" (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)
Maria Jette, Sue Herber, Philip Brunelle, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Janis Hardy
Bunyan's Goodnight. "Off to supper and to bed" - Exit of Lumberjacks. "Down the line!" (Bunyan, Lumberjacks)
Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle
The Blues. "Gold in the North Came the Blizzard to Say" (Bunyan, The Defeated, Inkslinger)
Philip Brunelle, Dan Dressen, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
"Hello Mr Inkslinger" - Bunyan's Goodnight. "Good Night, Johnny, and Good Luck" (Bunyan, Inkslinger)
Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Dan Dressen, Philip Brunelle, James Lawless
Second Ballad Interlude. "The Spring Came and the Summer and Fall" (Narrator)
Philip Brunelle, Pop Wagner, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
"Nothing but Soups and Beans" - Food Chorus. "Do I Look the Sort of Fellow" (Chorus, Inkslinger, Sam, Ben)
Vern Sutton, Dan Dressen, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Merle Fristad
Accusation Chorus. "There Now Look What You Have Done" (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete, Andy, Chorus)
Tim Dahl, Philip Brunelle, Dan Dressen, Phil Jorgenson, Thomas Shaffer, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Lawrence Weller, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
"In Fair Days and in Foul" - Slim's Song. "I Come from Open Spaces" (Slim, Inkslinger, Poppet, Fido, Moppet, Four Swedes)
Sue Herber, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Maria Jette, Lawrence Weller, Phil Jorgenson, Dan Dressen, Thomas Shaffer, Philip Brunelle, Tim Dahl, Janis Hardy, Clifton Ware
Bunyan's Return. "Look, the Chief Is Back" (Chorus, Inkslinger, Fido)
Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Maria Jette, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Dan Dressen
"Hello, Fido" - Inkslinger's Song. "It Was out in the Sticks" (Inkslinger, Fido)
Maria Jette, Dan Dressen, Philip Brunelle, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
Entrance of Chorus. "I Never Knew He Had a Daughter" (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross)
Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Tim Dahl, Thomas Shaffer, Philip Brunelle, Phil Jorgenson, Lawrence Weller
Tiny's Entrance. "Look at Me, Miss Tiny, I’m Six Feet Tall" (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, Shears)
Phil Jorgenson, Philip Brunelle, Merle Fristad, James McKeel, Vern Sutton, Lawrence Weller, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
"Leave Her Alone, You Fools" - Tiny's Song. "Whether the Sun Shine Upon Children Playing" (Tiny, Inkslinger, Chorus, Slim)
Philip Brunelle, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Elisabeth Comeaux, Clifton Ware, Dan Dressen, Soloists of the Plymouth Series, Minnesota
Inkslinger's Regret. "All the Little Brooks of Love" (Inkslinger, Bunyan, Chorus)
Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Dan Dressen, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle
Bunyan's Goodnight. "Now Let the Complex Spirit Dissolve in the Darkness" (Bunyan)
James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
Bunyan's Good Morning. "The Songs of Dawn Have Been Sung" (Bunyan, Chorus)
Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle
"What does he want to see us for?" - Shear's Song. "It has always been my dream" - Bunyan's Warning. "If there isn’t a flood, there’s a drought" (Bunyan, Hel, Shears, Farmers)
James Bohn, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, James McKeel
Farmers' Song. "The Shanty-Boy Invades the Wood" (Shears, Farmers, Cronies)
Jay Ramos, James McKeel, Richard Allison, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Allen, Stanford Felix, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
The Mocking of Hel. "Heron, Heron Winging By" (Hel, Heron, Chorus, Moon, Wind, Beetle, Squirrel, Moppet, Poppet, Fido)
Janis Hardy, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Maria Jette, James Bohn, Philip Brunelle, Sue Herber
"Did You Really?" - Fido's Sympathy. "Won't You Tell Me What's the Matter?" (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Hel)
James Bohn, Maria Jette, Janis Hardy, Sue Herber, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle
Cats' Creed. "Let Man the Romantic in Vision Espy" (Moppet, Poppet, Bunyan, Cronies, Hel)
Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Jay Ramos, Philip Brunelle, James Lawless, Stanford Felix, Richard Allison, Benjamin Allen, Sue Herber, James Bohn, Janis Hardy
"Helson, Helson" - The Fight - Love Duet - Mock Funeral March - Hymn. "Often thoughts of hate conceal" (Bunyan, Hel, Cronies, Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
Jay Ramos, James Lawless, Richard Allison, Stanford Felix, James Bohn, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Elisabeth Comeaux, Clifton Ware, Benjamin Allen, Philip Brunelle, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series
Third Ballad Interlude. "So Helson Smiled and Bunyan Smiled" (Narrator)
Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Pop Wagner, Soloists of the Plymouth Series, Minnesota, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series
The Christmas Party. "Another Slice of Turkey" (Chorus, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, Tiny, Slim, Hel, Shears, Western Union Boy)
Maria Jette, Clifton Ware, Sue Herber, Elisabeth Comeaux, Philip Brunelle, Dan Dressen, James Bohn, Janis Hardy, James Westbrock, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James McKeel
Bunyan's Farewell. "Now the Task That Made Us Friends" (Bunyan)
Philip Brunelle, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless
Litany. "The Campfire Embers Are Black and Cold" (Chorus, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Bunyan, Hel, Inkslinger)
Dan Dressen, Clifton Ware, Sue Herber, Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series, Janis Hardy, James Lawless, Maria Jette, Elisabeth Comeaux, James Bohn, Philip Brunelle, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series
Production
- Steve BarnettProducer