The Complete Works

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Tracklist

1CD: Paul Bunyan, Op.17
#TitleArtistLength
1Paul Bunyan, op. 17: IntroductionBenjamin Britten1:12
2Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Prologue: "Since the Birth Of the Earth"Benjamin Britten3:34
3Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Prologue: "no. No. We Do Not Want Life To Be Slow"Benjamin Britten0:45
4Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Prologue: "Ooh! Ooh! O How Terrible To Be As Old Fashioned As a Tree"Benjamin Britten1:46
5Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Prologue: "You Are All To Leave Here"Benjamin Britten2:34
6Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Prologue: "It Isn't Very Often the Conservatives Are Wrong"Benjamin Britten3:11
7Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Prologue: First Ballad Interlude: "The Cold Wind Blew Through the Crooked Thorn"Benjamin Britten2:57
8Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Bunyan's GreetingBenjamin Britten2:50
9Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Call Of LumberjacksBenjamin Britten0:32
10Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Lumberjacks' Chorus: "My Birthplace Was in Sweden"Benjamin Britten1:58
11Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Bunyan's WelcomeBenjamin Britten0:21
12Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Quartet Of Swedes: "Swedish Born and Swedish Bred"Benjamin Britten1:17
13Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Western Union Boy's Song: "A Telegram From Oversea"Benjamin Britten1:38
14Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Cooks' Duet: "Sam For Soups. Ben For Beans"Benjamin Britten3:36
15Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Animal Trio: "Ah! Miaou! The Single Creature Lives a Partial Life"Benjamin Britten1:44
16Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Bunyan's Goodnight (1)Benjamin Britten0:34
17Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Exit Of Lumberjacks: "Down the Line...Timberrr"Benjamin Britten0:47
18Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: The Blues: "Gold in the North Came the Blizzard To Say"Benjamin Britten4:25
19Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Bunyan's Goodnight (2)Benjamin Britten0:53
20Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Second Ballad Interlude: "The Spring Came and the Summer and Fall"Benjamin Britten3:30
21Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Food Chorus: "Do I Look the Sort Of Fellow"Benjamin Britten4:03
22Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Chorus Accusation: "There Now Look What You Have Done"Benjamin Britten0:40
23Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Slim's Song: "In Fair Days and Foul...I Come From Open Spaces"
bass vocals:
Thomas Shaffer (in 1987-05) and Lawrence Weller (in 1987-05)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janice Hardy (in 1987-05)
soprano vocals:
Maria Jette (in 1987-05)
tenor vocals:
Tim Dahl (in 1987-05), Dan Dressen (in 1987-05), Phil Jorgenson (in 1987-05) and Clifton Ware (in 1987-05)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series (in 1987-05)
conductor:
Philip Brunelle (in 1987-05)
performer:
Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series
recorded at:
Ordway Music Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (in 1987-05)
recording of:
Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Slim's Song (Slim, Inkslinger, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Chorus)
composer:
Benjamin Britten
librettist:
W. H. Auden
part of:
Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2
Benjamin Britten3:08
24Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Bunyan's Return: "Look, the Chief Is Back"Benjamin Britten1:03
25Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Inkslinger's Song: "It Was Out in the Stick"Benjamin Britten4:51
26Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Entrance Of ChorusBenjamin Britten0:48
27Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Tiny's Entrance
baritone vocals:
James McKeel (in 1987-05)
bass vocals:
Merle Fristad (in 1987-05) and Lawrence Weller (in 1987-05)
tenor vocals:
Phil Jorgenson (in 1987-05) and Vern Sutton (in 1987-05)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series (in 1987-05)
conductor:
Philip Brunelle (in 1987-05)
performer:
Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series
recorded at:
Ordway Music Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (in 1987-05)
recording of:
Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2. Tiny's Entrance (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, John)
composer:
Benjamin Britten
librettist:
W. H. Auden
part of:
Paul Bunyan, op. 17: Act I. Scene 2
Benjamin Britten1:28
28Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Tiny's Song: "Ah!...Whether the Sun Shine Upon Children Playing"Benjamin Britten4:06
29Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Inkslinger's Regret: "All the Little Brooks Of Love"Benjamin Britten2:00
30Paul Bunyan, op. 17, Act 1: Bunyan's Goodnight (3)Benjamin Britten2:04
2CD: Paul Bunyan, Op.17
3CD: Peter Grimes, Op.33
4CD: Peter Grimes, Op.33
5CD: The Rape of Lucretia, Op.37
6CD: The Rape of Lucretia, Op.37
7CD: Albert Herring, Op.39
8CD: Albert Herring, Op.39
9CD: Billy Budd, Op.50
10CD: Billy Budd, Op.50
11CD: Gloriana, Op.53
12CD: Gloriana, Op.53
13CD: The Turn of the Screw, Op.54
14CD: The Turn of the Screw, Op.54
15CD: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.64
16CD: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.64
17CD: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85
18CD: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85
19CD: Death in Venice, Op.88
20CD: Death in Venice, Op.88
21CD: The Beggar's Opera Realised Britten, Op. 43
22CD: The Beggar's Opera Realised Britten, Op. 43
23CD: Noye's Fludde, Op.59 / The Golden Vanity - A Vaudeville for boys & piano, Op.78
24CD: Curlew River, Op.71
25CD: The Burning Fiery Furnace, Op.77
26CD: The Prodigal Son - Third Parable for Church Performance
27CD: The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), Op.45 / The Children's Crusade, Op.82
28CD: The Prince of the Pagodas, Op.57
29CD: The Prince of the Pagodas, Op.57 / Plymouth Town
30CD: Night Mail / The Tocher (Rossini Suite) / The King's Stamp / Negroes - Music from GPO Film / The Way To The Sea / Telegrams / Peace Of Britain / Men Behind The Meters / Coal Face / When You're Feeling Like Expressing Your Affection
31CD: Love From A Stranger / Johnson Over Jordan (Suite) / The Rescue Of Penelope
32CD: The Company Of Heaven / The Sword In The Stone / Russian Funeral - march for brass and percussion (1936) / / Fanfare: 'The Eagle has Two Heads' / / On The Frontier / This Way To The Tomb
33CD: War Requiem, Op.66
34CD: Spring Symphony, Op.44 / Cantata Academica, (Carmen basiliense) Op.62 / / Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), Op.27
35CD: Saint Nicolas, Op.42 / 5 Flower Songs, Op. 47 / Cantata Misericordium, Op.69
36CD: A boy was born, Op.3 / Corpus Christi Carol / A Wealden Trio - Christmas Song of the Women / The Sycamore Tree / A Shepherd's Carol (1944) / Christ's Nativity - Christmas Suite For Chorus / Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 / The Holly and the Ivy
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65CD: Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac, Op.51 / Songs From "Friday Afternoons", Op.7 / On this island, Op.11 / Four Cabaret Songs / Sweet Was The Song / Missa brevis, Op.63 / Piano Concerto, Op.13 / Our Hunting Fathers, Op.8
66DVD: The 1967 Recording Of "The Burning Fiery Furnace"