‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Timothy Robinson

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

Kenneth Cranham, Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, Orchestra 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 Gillespie, Neil Griffifths, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, Kenneth Cranham, 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,

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:09

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:55

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

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

3:14

Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:18

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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