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BRITTEN: Paul Bunyan

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Label: Chandos

Genre: Opera

Period: 20th Century

Catalogue No: CHAN9781-82

Barcode: 095115978122

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BRITTEN: Paul Bunyan

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Disc 1

Britten, Benjamin
Auden, Wystan Hugh - Lyricist

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17

Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
Jones, Leah Marian (mezzo-soprano)
Watson, Lillian (soprano)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Coleman-Wright, Peter (baritone)
Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Fisher, Jonathan (bass)
Keyte, Christopher (bass)
Winfield, John (tenor)
Gillespie, Neil (tenor)
Griffiths, Neil (tenor)
Lackner, Christopher (bass)
Coad, Jonathan (bass)
Moss, Henry (tenor)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Egerton, Francis (tenor)
Broadbent, Graeme (bass)
Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Stephen, Pamela Helen (soprano)
Robinson, Timothy (tenor)
Earle, Roderick (bass)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Bell, Donaldson (bass)
Hazell, Richard (bass)
Parfitt, Wyndham (bass)
Secombe, Bryan (bass)

1

Introduction

01:09

Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

2

Prologue: In the forest (4 Young Trees, 2 Wild Geese, Semichorus of Old Trees, Chorus)

11:03

Jones, Leah Marian (mezzo-soprano)
Watson, Lillian (soprano)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

3

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

02:45

Coleman-Wright, Peter (baritone)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

4

Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

02:25

Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

5

Act I Scene 1: Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

00:16

Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

6

Act I Scene 1: Lumberjacks' Chorus (First Solo, Lumberjacks' Chorus, Second Solo, Third Solo, Fourth Solo, Chorus)

02:07

Fisher, Jonathan (bass)
Keyte, Christopher (bass)
Winfield, John (tenor)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

7

Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

00:25

Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

8

Act I Scene 1: Quartet of Swedes (4 Swedes, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)

01:20

Gillespie, Neil (tenor)
Griffiths, Neil (tenor)
Lackner, Christopher (bass)
Coad, Jonathan (bass)
Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

9

Act I Scene 1: Western Union Boy's Song (Western Union Boy, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)

01:36

Moss, Henry (tenor)
Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Egerton, Francis (tenor)
Broadbent, Graeme (bass)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

10

Act I Scene 1: Cooks' Duet (Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Inkslinger, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)

03:39

Egerton, Francis (tenor)
Broadbent, Graeme (bass)
Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

11

Act I Scene 1: Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

01:36

Watson, Lillian (soprano)
Stephen, Pamela Helen (soprano)
Jones, Leah Marian (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

12

Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

00:21

Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

13

Act I Scene 1: Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

00:54

Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

14

Act I Scene 1: The Blues - Quartet of the Defeated (Paul Bunyan, The Defeated, Insklinger)

04:26

Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Jones, Leah Marian (mezzo-soprano)
Robinson, Timothy (tenor)
Coleman-Wright, Peter (baritone)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

15

Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

00:37

Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

16

Act I Scene 1: Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

04:19

Coleman-Wright, Peter (baritone)
Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

17

Act I Scene 2: Food Chorus (Inkslinger, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)

04:29

Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Egerton, Francis (tenor)
Broadbent, Graeme (bass)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

18

Act I Scene 2: Chorus Accusation (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete, Andy, Chorus)

00:38

Coad, Jonathan (bass)
Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Lackner, Christopher (bass)
Griffiths, Neil (tenor)
Gillespie, Neil (tenor)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

19

Act I Scene 2: Slim's Song (Slim, Inkslinger, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Chorus)

02:51

Robinson, Timothy (tenor)
Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Watson, Lillian (soprano)
Stephen, Pamela Helen (soprano)
Jones, Leah Marian (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

20

Act I Scene 2: Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

00:47

Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

21

Act I Scene 2: Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

04:59

Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

22

Act I Scene 2: Entrance of Chorus (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross, John)

00:32

Griffiths, Neil (tenor)
Gillespie, Neil (tenor)
Lackner, Christopher (bass)
Coad, Jonathan (bass)
Earle, Roderick (bass)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

23

Act I Scene 2: Tiny's Entrance (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, John)

01:13

Broadbent, Graeme (bass)
Egerton, Francis (tenor)
Coad, Jonathan (bass)
Gillespie, Neil (tenor)
Earle, Roderick (bass)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

24

Act I Scene 2: Tiny's Song (Tiny, Inkslinger, Slim, Chorus)

04:39

Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Robinson, Timothy (tenor)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

25

Act I Scene 2: Inkslinger's Regret (Inkslinger, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Chorus)

02:11

Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

26

Act I Scene 2: Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

02:09

Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

Disc 2

1

Act II Scene 1: Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

02:55

Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

2

Act II Scene 1: Shears's Song (John Shears, Farmer's Chorus, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson)

00:44

Earle, Roderick (bass)
Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

3

Act II Scene 1: Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

00:23

Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

4

Act II Scene 1: Farmers' Song (John Shears, Second Solo, Chorus)

01:54

Earle, Roderick (bass)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

5

Act II Scene 1: Farmers' Exit (Cronies, Hel Helson)

01:06

Bell, Donaldson (bass)
Hazell, Richard (bass)
Parfitt, Wyndham (bass)
Secombe, Bryan (bass)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

6

Act II Scene 1: The Mocking of Hel Helson (Hel Helson, Heron, Moon, Wind, Beetie, Squirrel, Fido, Chorus)

04:53

White, Jeremy (bass)
Watson, Lillian (soprano)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

7

Act II Scene 1: Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

00:36

Watson, Lillian (soprano)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

8

Act II Scene 1: Cats' Creed (Moppet, Poppet, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Hel Helson)

01:32

Stephen, Pamela Helen (soprano)
Jones, Leah Marian (mezzo-soprano)
Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Bell, Donaldson (bass)
Hazell, Richard (bass)
Parfitt, Wyndham (bass)
Secombe, Bryan (bass)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

9

Act II Scene 1: The Fight (Chorus)

01:16

Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

10

Act II Scene 1: Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

02:27

Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Robinson, Timothy (tenor)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

11

Act II Scene 1: Mock Funeral March (Cronies, Hel Helson, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)

04:24

Bell, Donaldson (bass)
Hazell, Richard (bass)
Parfitt, Wyndham (bass)
Secombe, Bryan (bass)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

12

Act II Scene 1: Hymn (Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

03:15

Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Robinson, Timothy (tenor)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

13

Act II Scene 1: Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

02:18

Coleman-Wright, Peter (baritone)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

14

Act II Scene 2: The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, 3 Solos from Chorus, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus)

09:58

Watson, Lillian (soprano)
Stephen, Pamela Helen (soprano)
Jones, Leah Marian (mezzo-soprano)
Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Earle, Roderick (bass)
Moss, Henry (tenor)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

15

Act II Scene 2: Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

02:15

Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

16

Act II Scene 2: Litany (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Inkslinger, Chorus)

07:05

Watson, Lillian (soprano)
Stephen, Pamela Helen (soprano)
Jones, Leah Marian (mezzo-soprano)
Gritton, Susan (soprano)
Robinson, Timothy (tenor)
Cranham, Kenneth (narrator)
White, Jeremy (bass)
Streit, Kurt (tenor)
Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden (Choir)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:50:27