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Paul Bunyan op. 17 (1941)

Libretto: Wystan Hugh Auden
Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Pamela Helen Stephen (Soprano), Leah-Marian Jones (Mezzo Soprano), Lillian Watson (Soprano), Peter Coleman-Wright (Baritone), Kenneth Cranham (Speaker), Kurt Streit (Tenor), Susan Gritton (Soprano), Timothy Robinson (Tenor), Francis Egerton (Tenor), Graeme Broadbent (Bass), Jeremy White (Bass), Neil Gillespie (Tenor), Neil Griffiths (Tenor), Christopher Lackner (Bass), Jonathan Coad (Bass), Roderick Earle (Bass), Henry Moss (Tenor), Jonathan Fisher (Bass), Christopher Keyte (Bass), John Winfield (Tenor), Donaldson Bell (Bass), Richard Hazell (Bass), Wyndham Parfitt (Bass), Bryan Secombe (Bass)
℗ 2007
42 Tracks, 1:50:27
    • 1. Introduction
      01:09
    • 2. Prologue: In the forest (4 Young Trees, 2 Wild Geese, Semichorus of Old Trees, Chorus)
      11:03
    • 3. First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)
      02:45

  • Act I

    • 1. Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
      02:25
    • 2. Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)
      00:16
    • 3. Lumberjacks' Chorus (First Solo, Lumberjacks' Chorus, Second Solo, Third Solo, Fourth Solo, Chorus)
      02:07
    • 4. Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)
      00:25
    • 5. Quartet of Swedes (4 Swedes, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
      01:20
    • 6. Western Union Boy's Song (Western Union Boy, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)
      01:36
    • 7. Cooks' Duet (Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Inkslinger, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
      03:39
    • 8. Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)
      01:36
    • 9. Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)
      00:21
    • 10. Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)
      00:54
    • 11. The Blues – Quartet of the Defeated (Paul Bunyan, The Defeated, Insklinger)
      04:26
    • 12. Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)
      00:37
    • 13. Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)
      04:19
    • 14. Food Chorus (Inkslinger, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)
      04:29
    • 15. Chorus Accusation (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete, Andy, Chorus)
      00:38
    • 16. Slim's Song (Slim, Inkslinger, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Chorus)
      02:51
    • 17. Bunyan's Return (Chorus)
      00:47
    • 18. Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)
      04:59
    • 19. Entrance of Chorus (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross, John)
      00:32
    • 20. Tiny's Entrance (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, John)
      01:13
    • 21. Tiny's Song (Tiny, Inkslinger, Slim, Chorus)
      04:39
    • 22. Inkslinger's Regret (Inkslinger, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
      02:11
    • 23. Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)
      02:10

  • Act II

    • 1. Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
      02:55
    • 2. Shears's Song (John Shears, Farmer's Chorus, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson)
      00:44
    • 3. Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)
      00:23
    • 4. Farmers' Song (John Shears, Second Solo, Chorus)
      01:54
    • 5. Farmers' Exit (Cronies, Hel Helson)
      01:06
    • 6. The Mocking of Hel Helson (Hel Helson, Heron, Moon, Wind, Beetie, Squirrel, Fido, Chorus)
      04:53
    • 7. Fido's Sympathy (Fido)
      00:37
    • 8. Cats' Creed (Moppet, Poppet, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Hel Helson)
      01:31
    • 9. The Fight (Chorus)
      01:16
    • 10. Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
      02:27
    • 11. Mock Funeral March (Cronies, Hel Helson, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
      04:24
    • 12. Hymn (Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
      03:14
    • 13. Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)
      02:18
    • 14. The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, 3 Solos from Chorus, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus)
      09:59
    • 15. Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
      02:14
    • 16. Litany (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Inkslinger, Chorus)
      07:05