‎Britten: Paul Bunyan by Kenneth Cranham

Introduction

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

1:08

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

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

11:03

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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

2:45

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:25

Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

0:15

Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

2:07

Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

0:25

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

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

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

1:36

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

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

3:39

Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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

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)

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

4:26

Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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

0:36

Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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

4:18

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

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

4:29

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

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

0:38

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

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

2:50

Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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

0:46

Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

4:59

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

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

0:31

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

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

1:12

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

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

4:38

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

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

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

2:55

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

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

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

1:53

Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

1:05

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

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

4:53

Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

0:36

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

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

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)

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

2:26

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

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

4:23

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

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

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

9:58

Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

2:14

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

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

7:03

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Kurt Streit

Tenor
Susan Gritton

Soprano
Timothy Robinson

Tenor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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