‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Peter Coleman-Wright

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)

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

Richard Hickox, Covent Garden, 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)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

Richard Hickox, Jonathan Fisher, Terry Edwards, John Winfield, Covent Garden, Christopher Keyte, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, 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, Kenneth Cranham, Jonathan Coad, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Neil Gillespie, Covent Garden, Richard Hickox, 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,

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

1:36

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:21

Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:54

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

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

2:11

Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

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)

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

0:43

Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:23

Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

1:31

The Fight (Chorus)

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

1:15

Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Jeremy White, Susan Gritton, Kenneth Cranham, Terry Edwards, Covent Garden, Timothy Robinson, 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, Pamela Helen Stephen, Henry Moss, Leah-Marian Jones, Lillian Watson, Roderick Earle, Covent Garden, Kurt Streit, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Richard Hickox

Conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra
Timothy Robinson

Tenor

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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