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CHAN 9781
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Britten: Paul Bunyan
Release Date: November 1999
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
Baritone Voice baritone - Narrator
Peter Coleman-Wright
Peter Coleman-Wright
Solo speaker - The Voice of John Bunyan
Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham
Solo tenor - Johnny Inkslinger
Kurt Streit
Kurt Streit
Solo soprano - Tiny
Susan Gritton
Susan Gritton
Solo tenor - Sam Sharkey
Francis Egerton
Francis Egerton
Solo baritone - Ben Benny
Graeme Broadbent
Graeme Broadbent
Solo bass - Hel Helson
Jeremy White
Jeremy White
Solo bass - John Shears
Roderick Earle
Roderick Earle
Solo soprano - Fido
Lillian Watson
Lillian Watson
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Moppet
Pamela Helen Stephen
Pamela Helen Stephen
Solo mezzo-soprano - Poppet
Kurt Streit
Kurt Streit
Choral
Royal Opera Chorus
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Conductor
Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox
Venue
Sadlers Wells Theatre, London
Sadlers Wells Theatre, London
Producer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Producer (Assistant)
Boris Ivanovich Tishchenko
Boris Ivanovich Tishchenko
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Richard Smoker
Richard Smoker
Genre:
Opera
Opera
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Opera - Paul Bunyan
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Paul Bunyan
110:30
Libretto by W.H. Auden
Thee Royal Opera Production
Directed for the stage by Francesca Zambello
Recorded 'live' during performances at Sadler's Wells Theatre
COMPACT DISC ONE
1.
1
Introduction
1:09
2.
2
Prologue
11:03
3.
2A
First Ballad Interlude
2:45
Act I
Scene 1
4.
3
Bunyan's Greeting
2:25
5.
3A
Call of Lumberjacks
0:16
6.
4
Lumberjacks' Chorus
2:07
7.
4A
Bunyan's Welcome
0:25
8.
5
Quartet of Swedes
1:20
9.
6
Western Union Boy's Song
1:36
10.
7
Cooks' Duet
3:39
11.
8
Animal Trio
1:36
12.
8A
Bunyan's Goodnight
0:21
13.
8B
Exit of Lumberjacks
0:54
14.
9
The Blues - Quartet of the Defeated
4:26
15.
10
Bunyan's Goodnight (ii)
0:37
16.
10A
Second Ballad Interlude
4:19
Scene 2
17.
11
Food Chorus
4:29
18.
12
Chorus Accusation
0:38
19.
12A
Slim's Song
2:51
20.
13
Bunyan's Return
0:47
21.
14
Inkslinger's Song
4:59
22.
14A
Entrance of Chorus
0:32
23.
15
Tiny's Entrance
1:13
24.
15A
Tiny's Song
4:39
25.
16
Inkslinger's Regret
2:12
26.
17
Bunyan's Goodnight (iii)
2:10
63:29
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
Scene 1
1.
18
Bunyan's Good Morning
2:56
2.
18A
Shears's Song
0:44
3.
18B
Bunyan's Warning
0:23
4.
19
Farmers' Song
1:54
5.
19A
Farmers' Exit
1:06
6.
20
The Mocking of Hel Helson
4:53
7.
21
Fido's Sympathy
0:36
8.
22
Cats' Creed
1:32
9.
23
The Fight
1:16
10.
Love Duet
2:27
11.
Mock Funeral March
4:24
12.
Hymn
3:15
13.
24
Third Ballad Interlude
2:18
Scene 2
14.
25
The Christmas Party
9:58
15.
26
Bunyan's Farewell
2:15
16.
27
Litany
7:05
47:02
Solo: Kenneth Cranham speaker - The Voice of John Bunyan
Solo: Kurt Streit tenor - Johnny Inkslinger
Solo: Susan Gritton soprano - Tiny
Solo: Kenneth Cranham tenor - Hot Biscuit Slim
Solo: Francis Egerton tenor - Sam Sharkey
Solo: Graeme Broadbent baritone - Ben Benny
Solo: Jeremy White bass - Hel Helson
Solo: Roderick Earle bass - John Shears
Solo: Lillian Watson soprano - Fido
Solo: Kurt Streit mezzo-soprano - Poppet
Choral: Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Conductor: Richard Hickox
23, 24 and 28 April 1999
