Britten: Paul Bunyan

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Paul Bunyan, Op. 17 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Composed by: Benjamin Britten
Conducted by: Richard Hickox
John Winfield, tenor
Lillian Watson, soprano
Roderick Earle, bass
Peter Coleman-Wright, baritone
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano
Timothy Robinson, tenor
Kurt Streit, tenor
Francis Egerton, tenor
Neil Gillespie, tenor
Christopher Lackner, bass
Jonathan Coad, bass
Christopher Keyte, bass
Donaldson Bell, bass
Richard Hazell, bass
Wyndham Parfitt, bass
Bryan Secombe, bass
Kenneth Cranham, narrator
Graeme Broadbent, bass
Henry Moss, tenor
Jonathan Fisher, bass
Neil Griffiths, tenor
Leah Marian Jones, mezzo-soprano
Susan Gritton, soprano
Jeremy White, bass


1.   Introduction - 1:09
2.   Prologue: In the forest (4 Young Trees, 2 Wild Geese, Semichorus of Old Trees, Chorus) - 11:03
3.   First Ballad Interlude (Narrator) - 2:45
4.   Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan) - 2:25
5.   Act I Scene 1: Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus) - 0:16
6.   Act I Scene 1: Lumberjacks' Chorus (First Solo, Lumberjacks' Chorus, Second Solo, Third Solo, Fourth Solo, Chorus) - 2:07
7.   Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan) - 0:25
8.   Act I Scene 1: Quartet of Swedes (4 Swedes, Paul Bunyan, Chorus) - 1:20
9.   Act I Scene 1: Western Union Boy's Song (Western Union Boy, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus) - 1:36
10.   Act I Scene 1: Cooks' Duet (Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Inkslinger, Paul Bunyan, Chorus) - 3:39
11.   Act I Scene 1: Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet) - 1:36
12.   Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) - 0:21
13.   Act I Scene 1: Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus) - 0:54
14.   Act I Scene 1: The Blues - Quartet of the Defeated (Paul Bunyan, The Defeated, Insklinger) - 4:26
15.   Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) - 0:37
16.   Act I Scene 1: Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus) - 4:19
17.   Act I Scene 2: Food Chorus (Inkslinger, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus) - 4:29
18.   Act I Scene 2: Chorus Accusation (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete, Andy, Chorus) - 0:38
19.   Act I Scene 2: Slim's Song (Slim, Inkslinger, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Chorus) - 2:51
20.   Act I Scene 2: Bunyan's Return (Chorus) - 0:47
21.   Act I Scene 2: Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger) - 4:59
22.   Act I Scene 2: Entrance of Chorus (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross, John) - 0:32
23.   Act I Scene 2: Tiny's Entrance (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, John) - 1:13
24.   Act I Scene 2: Tiny's Song (Tiny, Inkslinger, Slim, Chorus) - 4:39
25.   Act I Scene 2: Inkslinger's Regret (Inkslinger, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Chorus) - 2:11
26.   Act I Scene 2: Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) - 2:09

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Composed by: Benjamin Britten
Conducted by: Richard Hickox
John Winfield, tenor
Lillian Watson, soprano
Roderick Earle, bass
Peter Coleman-Wright, baritone
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano
Timothy Robinson, tenor
Kurt Streit, tenor
Francis Egerton, tenor
Neil Gillespie, tenor
Christopher Lackner, bass
Jonathan Coad, bass
Christopher Keyte, bass
Donaldson Bell, bass
Richard Hazell, bass
Wyndham Parfitt, bass
Bryan Secombe, bass
Kenneth Cranham, narrator
Graeme Broadbent, bass
Henry Moss, tenor
Jonathan Fisher, bass
Neil Griffiths, tenor
Leah Marian Jones, mezzo-soprano
Susan Gritton, soprano
Jeremy White, bass


1.   Act II Scene 1: Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan) - 2:55
2.   Act II Scene 1: Shears's Song (John Shears, Farmer's Chorus, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson) - 0:44
3.   Act II Scene 1: Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan) - 0:23
4.   Act II Scene 1: Farmers' Song (John Shears, Second Solo, Chorus) - 1:54
5.   Act II Scene 1: Farmers' Exit (Cronies, Hel Helson) - 1:06
6.   Act II Scene 1: The Mocking of Hel Helson (Hel Helson, Heron, Moon, Wind, Beetie, Squirrel, Fido, Chorus) - 4:53
7.   Act II Scene 1: Fido's Sympathy (Fido) - 0:36
8.   Act II Scene 1: Cats' Creed (Moppet, Poppet, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Hel Helson) - 1:32
9.   Act II Scene 1: The Fight (Chorus) - 1:16
10.   Act II Scene 1: Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus) - 2:27
11.   Act II Scene 1: Mock Funeral March (Cronies, Hel Helson, Paul Bunyan, Chorus) - 4:24
12.   Act II Scene 1: Hymn (Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Tiny, Slim, Chorus) - 3:15
13.   Act II Scene 1: Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator) - 2:18
14.   Act II Scene 2: The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, 3 Solos from Chorus, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus) - 9:58
15.   Act II Scene 2: Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan) - 2:15
16.   Act II Scene 2: Litany (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Inkslinger, Chorus) - 7:05

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