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Special offer. 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...

Britten: Paul Bunyan

Special offer. 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...

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Recorded in 1999

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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 Watson (Fido), Pamela Helen Stephen (Moppet), Leah-Marian Jones (Poppet)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hickox

  • Release date: 1st Nov 1999
  • Label: Chandos
  • Catalogue number: CHAN9781
  • Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Excerpt,Britten: Paul Bunyan
Work length1:08
Introduction
Track length1:08
Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Prologue
Work length11:03
In the forest (Four Young Trees, Two Wild Geese, Semi-Chorus of Old Trees, Chorus)
Track length11:03
Excerpt,Britten: Paul Bunyan
Work length2:45
First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)
Track length2:45
Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1
Work length23:58
Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
Track length2:25
Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)
Track length0:15
Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)
Track length2:07
Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)
Track length0:25
Quartet of Swedes (Andy Anderson, Pete Peterson, Jen Jenson, Cross Crosshaulson, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
Track length1:20
Western Union Boy's Song (Western Union Boy, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)
Track length1:36
Cooks' Duet (Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Inkslinger, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
Track length3:39
Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)
Track length1:36
Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)
Track length0:21
Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)
Track length0:54
The Blues - Quartet of the Defeated (Paul Bunyan, The Defeated, Inkslinger)
Track length4:26
Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]
Track length0:36
Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)
Track length4:18
Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2
Work length24:23
Food Chorus (Inkslinger, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)
Track length4:29
Chorus Accusation (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete, Andy, Chorus)
Track length0:38
Slim's Song (Slim, Inkslinger, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Chorus)
Track length2:50
Bunyan's Return (Chorus)
Track length0:46
Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)
Track length4:59
Entrance of Chorus (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross, John)
Track length0:31
Tiny's Entrance (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, John)
Track length1:12
Tiny's Song (Tiny, Inkslinger, Slim, Chorus)
Track length4:38
Inkslinger's Regret (Inkslinger, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
Track length2:11
Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
Track length2:09
Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1
Work length27:35
Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
Track length2:55
Shears's Song (John Shears, Farmer's Chorus, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson)
Track length0:43
Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)
Track length0:23
Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)
Track length1:53
Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)
Track length1:05
The Mocking of Hel Helson (Hel Helson, Heron, Moon, Wind, Beetle, Squirrel, Fido, Chorus)
Track length4:53
Fido's Sympathy (Fido)
Track length0:36
Cats' Creed (Moppet, Poppet, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Hel Helson)
Track length1:31
The Fight (Chorus)
Track length1:15
Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
Track length2:26
Mock Funeral March (Hel Helson, Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Chorus)
Track length4:23
Hymn (Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
Track length3:14
Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)
Track length2:18
Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 2
Work length19:15
The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus)
Track length9:58
Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
Track length2:14
Litany (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Inkslinger, Chorus)
Track length7:03
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