Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

Richard Hickox, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Kenneth Cranham

Britten: Paul Bunyan

25 SECONDS • NOV 01 1999

Album Tracklist

1

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Introduction

01:09

2

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Prologue: In the forest (Four Young Trees, Two Wild Geese, Semi-Chorus of Old Trees, Chorus)

11:03

3

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

02:46

4

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

02:25

5

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

00:16

6

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Lumberjacks' Chorus (Three Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks' Chorus)

02:07

7

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

00:25

8

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Quartet of Swedes (Andy Anderson, Pete Peterson, Jen Jenson, Cross Crosshaulson, Paul Bunyan,

01:20

9

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Western Union Boy's Song (Western Union Boy, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny,

01:36

10

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Cooks' Duet (Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Inkslinger, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)

03:39

11

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

01:36

12

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan)

00:21

13

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)

00:54

14

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: The Blues - Quartet of the Defeated (Paul Bunyan, The Defeated, Inkslinger)

04:27

15

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Goodnight (Paul Bunyan) [II]

00:37

16

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)

04:19

17

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2: Food Chorus (Inkslinger, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)

04:29

18

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2: Chorus Accusation (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete, Andy, Chorus)

00:38

19

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2: Slim's Song (Slim, Inkslinger, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Chorus)

02:51

20

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2: Bunyan's Return (Chorus)

00:47

21

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2: Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)

04:59

22

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2: Entrance of Chorus (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross, John)

00:32

23

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2: Tiny's Entrance (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, John)

01:13

24

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2: Tiny's Song (Tiny, Inkslinger, Slim, Chorus)

04:39

25

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2: Inkslinger's Regret (Inkslinger, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Chorus)

02:11

26

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 2: Bunyan's Goodnight (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

02:09

27

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

02:55

28

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: Shears's Song (John Shears, Farmer's Chorus, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson)

00:44

29

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)

00:23

30

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: Farmers' Song (John Shears, Chorus)

01:54

31

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: Farmers' Exit (Hel Helson, Cronies)

01:06

32

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: The Mocking of Hel Helson (Hel Helson, Heron, Moon, Wind, Beetle, Squirrel, Fido, Chorus)

04:53

33

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: Fido's Sympathy (Fido)

00:37

34

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: Cats' Creed (Moppet, Poppet, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Hel Helson)

01:32

35

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: The Fight (Chorus)

01:16

36

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

02:27

37

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: Mock Funeral March (Hel Helson, Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Chorus)

04:24

38

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: Hymn (Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

03:15

39

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 1: Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)

02:18

40

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 2: The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus

09:59

41

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 2: Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)

02:15

42

Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II Scene 2: Litany (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Inkslinger, Chorus)

07:04

Britten: Paul Bunyan

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Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I Scene 1: Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)

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