‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

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)

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

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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