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Britten: Paul Bunyan

Peter Coleman-Wright (Narrator), Kenneth Cranham (Paul Bunyan), Kurt Streit (Johnny Inkslinger), Susan Gritton (Tiny), Timothy Robinson (Slim), Jeremy White (Hel Helson), Francis Egerton (Sam Sharkey), Graeme Broadbent (Big Benny), Roderick Earle (John Shears), Henry Moss (Western Union Boy), Lilian...

  • Release Date: 1st Nov 1999
  • Catalogue No: CHAN9781
  • Label: Chandos
  • Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

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Contents

Excerpt, Britten: Paul Bunyan

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  • Richard Hickox, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Introduction

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Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Prologue

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  • Richard Hickox, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Pamela Helen Stephen, Leah-Marian Jones, Lilian Watson, The Royal Opera Chorus, Terry Edwards

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

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Excerpt, Britten: Paul Bunyan

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

First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1

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  • Richard Hickox, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Lilian Watson, Kenneth Cranham, The Royal Opera Chorus, Jonathan Fisher, Pamela Helen Stephen, Terry Edwards, Christopher Keyte, Neil Gillespie, Henry Moss, Leah-Marian Jones, John Winfield, Neil Griffifths, Jeremy White, Kurt Streit, Chrisopher Lackner, Timothy Robinson, Graeme Broadbent, Peter Coleman-Wright, Jonathan Coad

Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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

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Western Union Boy's Song (Western Union Boy, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)

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

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Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

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Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

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Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

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

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Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

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Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

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Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2

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  • Richard Hickox, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Kurt Streit, Susan Gritton, Kenneth Cranham, Timothy Robinson, Jonathan Coad, Lilian Watson, Graeme Broadbent, Neil Gillespie, Pamela Helen Stephen, The Royal Opera Chorus, Neil Griffifths, Chrisopher Lackner, Leah-Marian Jones, Roderick Earle, Terry Edwards

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

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

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

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Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

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Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

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

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

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

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

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Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1

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  • Richard Hickox, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Pamela Helen Stephen, Susan Gritton, Peter Coleman-Wright, Kenneth Cranham, Lilian Watson, Leah-Marian Jones, Timothy Robinson, Roderick Earle, Donaldson Bell, Jeremy White, Richard Hazell, Wyndham Parfitt, The Royal Opera Chorus, Bryan Secombe, Terry Edwards

Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

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Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

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Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

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Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

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

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Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

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

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The Fight (Chorus)

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Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

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

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

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Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

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Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 2

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  • Richard Hickox, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Kenneth Cranham, Lilian Watson, Pamela Helen Stephen, Leah-Marian Jones, Kurt Streit, Susan Gritton, Roderick Earle, Timothy Robinson, Henry Moss

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

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Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

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

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