Paul Bunyan
Philip Brunelle · English Chamber Orchestra · VocalEssence · London Philharmonic Choir · Vern Sutton
Paul Bunyan, CD, on EMI Classics. Music by Benjamin Britten, performed by Philip Brunelle, English Chamber Orchestra, VocalEssence, London Philharmonic Choir; 54 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Paul Bunyan: 2. Prologue. Since the birth of the earth
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Prologue. Since the birth of the earth
Paul Bunyan: 2. Prologue. No. No. We do not want life to be slow
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Prologue. No. No. We do not want life to be slow
Paul Bunyan: 2. Prologue. Ooh! Ooh! O how terrible to be as old fashioned as a tree
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Prologue. Ooh! Ooh! O how terrible to be as old fashioned as a tree
Paul Bunyan: 2. Prologue. You are all to leave here
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Prologue. You are all to leave here
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Prologue. It isn't very often the conservatives are wrong...
Paul Bunyan: 2a. First Ballad Interlude: The cold wind blew through the crooked thorn
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: First Ballad Interlude (Narrator)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 3. Bunyan's Greeting
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Bunyan's Greeting (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 3a. Call of Lumberjacks
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Call of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 4. Lumberjacks' Chorus: My birthplace was in Sweden
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Lumberjacks' Chorus (First Solo, Lumberjacks' Chorus, Second Solo, Third Solo, Fourth Solo, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 4a. Bunyan's Welcome
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Bunyan's Welcome (Paul Bunyan)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 5. Quartet of Swedes: Swedish born ans Swedish bred
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Quartet of Swedes (4 Swedes, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 6. Western Union Boy's Song: A telegram from oversea
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Western Union Boy's Song (Western Union Boy, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 7. Cooks' Duet: Sam for soups. Ben for beans
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Cooks' Duet (Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Inkslinger, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 8. Animal Trio: Ah! Miaou! The single creature lives a partial life
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Animal Trio (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 8a. Bunyan's Goodnight (1)
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Bunyan's Goodnight (1) (Paul Bunyan)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 8b. Exit of Lumberjacks: Down the line... Timberrr
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Exit of Lumberjacks (Lumberjacks' Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 9. The Blues: Gold in the North came the blizzard to say
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. The Blues - Quartet of the Defeated (Paul Bunyan, The Defeated, Insklinger)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 10. Bunyan's Goodnight (2)
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Bunyan's Goodnight (2) (Paul Bunyan)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 1. 10a. Second Ballad Interlude: The Spring came and the Summer and Fall
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 1. Second Ballad Interlude (Narrator, Inkslinger, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 2. 11. Food Chorus: Do I look the sort of fellow
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Food Chorus (Inkslinger, Sam Sharkey, Ben Benny, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 2. 12. Chorus Accusation: There now look what you have done
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Chorus Accusation (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete, Andy, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 2. 12a. Slim's Song: In fair days and in foul... I come from open spaces
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Slim's Song (Slim, Inkslinger, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 2. 13. Bunyan's Return: Look, the Chief is back
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Bunyan's Return (Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 2. 14. Inkslinger's Song. It was out in the sticks
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Inkslinger's Song (Inkslinger)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 2. 14a. Entrance of Chorus
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Entrance of Chorus (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross, John)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 2. 15. Tiny's Entrance
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Tiny's Entrance (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, John)
Paul Bunyan: Act 1. Scene 2. 15a. Tiny's Song: Ah!... Whether the sun shines upon children playing
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Tiny's Song (Tiny, Inkslinger, Slim, Chorus)
Disc 2
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 18. Bunyan's Good Morning
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Bunyan's Good Morning (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 18a. Shears' Song: It has always been my dream
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Shears's Song (John Shears, Farmer's Chorus, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 18b. Bunyan's Warning
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Bunyan's Warning (Paul Bunyan)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 19. Farmers' Song: The shanty-boy invades the wood
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Farmers' Song (John Shears, Second Solo, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 19a. Farmers' Exit
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Farmers' Exit (Cronies, Hel Helson)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 20. The Mocking of Hel Helson: Heron, heron winging by
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. The Mocking of Hel Helson (Hel Helson, Heron, Moon, Wind, Beetie, Squirrel, Fido, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 21. Fido's Sympathy: Won't you tell me what's the matter?
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Fido's Sympathy (Fido)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 22. Cats' Creed: Let Man the romantic in vision espy
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Cats' Creed (Moppet, Poppet, Voice of Paul Bunyan, Cronies, Hel Helson)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 23. The Fight: What is it? What's happening?
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. The Fight (Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 23a. Love Duet: Move, move from the trysting stone
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Love Duet (Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 23b. Mock Funeral March: Take away the body and lay it on the ice
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Mock Funeral March (Cronies, Hel Helson, Paul Bunyan, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 23c. Hymn: O great day of discovery!
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Hymn (Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Tiny, Slim, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 1. 24. Third Ballad Interlude: So Helson smiled and Bunyan smiled
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 1. Third Ballad Interlude (Narrator)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 2. 25. The Christmas Party. Rah! Another slice of turkey
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 2. The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, 3 Solos from Chorus, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 2. 25. The Christmas Party. Dear friends, with your leave
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 2. The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, 3 Solos from Chorus, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 2. 25. The Christmas Party. Carry her over the water
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 2. The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, 3 Solos from Chorus, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 2. 25. The Christmas Party. Where we are is not very far
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 2. The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, 3 Solos from Chorus, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 2. 25. The Christmas Party. A telegram from Hollywood
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 2. The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, 3 Solos from Chorus, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 2. 25. The Christmas Party. We always knew that one day you
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 2. The Christmas Party (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, 3 Solos from Chorus, John Shears, Western Union Boy, Chorus)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 2. 26. Bunyan's Farewell
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 2. Bunyan's Farewell (Voice of Paul Bunyan)
Paul Bunyan: Act 2. Scene 2. 27. Litany: The campfire embers are black and cold
Benjamin Britten - Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act II. Scene 2. Litany (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Paul Bunyan, Hel Helson, Inkslinger, Chorus)