Philip Brunelle - Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17 (1988/2021)

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Title: Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17
Year Of Release: 1988/2021
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 111:47 min
Total Size: 506 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Britten" Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Introduction - Prologue. "Since the birth of the earth" (Trees, Wild Geese)
02. Britten" Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, First Ballad Interlude. "The cold wind blew through the crooked thorn" (Narrator)
03. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: Bunyan's Greeting. "It is a spring morning" - Call of Lumberjacks. "Down the line!"
04. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: Lumberjacks' Chorus. "My birthplace was in Sweden" - Bunyan's Welcome. "Welcome and
05. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: Quartet of Swedes. "Swedish born and Swedish bred" (Four Swedes, Bunyan, Chorus)
06. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: Western Union Boy's Song. "A telegram from oversea" (Western Union Boy, Chorus, Buny
07. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: Cooks' Duet. "Sam for soups, Ben for beans" (Sam, Ben, Inkslinger, Bunyan)
08. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: Animal Trio. "Ah! Miaou! The single creature lives a partial life" (Fido, Moppet, Po
09. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: Bunyan's Goodnight. "Off to supper and to bed" - Exit of Lumberjacks. "Down the line
10. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: The Blues. "Gold in the North came the blizzard to say" (Bunyan, The Defeated, Inksl
11. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: "Hello Mr. Inkslinger" - Bunyan's Goodnight. "Good night, Johnny, and good luck" (Bu
12. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: Second Ballad Interlude. "The Spring came and the Summer and Fall" (Narrator)
13. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 2: "Nothing but soups and beans" - Food Chorus. "Do I look the sort of fellow" (Chorus,
14. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 2: Accusation Chorus. "There now look what you have done" (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete
15. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 2: "In fair days and in foul" - Slim's Song. "I come from open spaces" (Slim, Inkslinge
16. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 2: Bunyan's Return. "Look, the Chief is back" (Chorus, Inkslinger, Fido)
17. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 2: "Hello, Fido" - Inkslinger's Song. "It was out in the sticks" (Inkslinger, Fido)
18. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 2: Entrance of Chorus. "I never knew he had a daughter" (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross)
19. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 2: Tiny's Entrance. "Look at me, Miss Tiny, I’m six feet tall" (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy,
20. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 2: "Leave her alone, you fools" - Tiny's Song. "Whether the sun shine upon children pla
21. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 2: Inkslinger's Regret. "All the little brooks of love" (Inkslinger, Bunyan, Chorus)
22. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 2: Bunyan's Goodnight. "Now let the complex spirit dissolve in the darkness" (Bunyan)
23. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 1: Bunyan's Good Morning. "The songs of dawn have been sung" (Bunyan, Chorus)
24. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 1: "What does he want to see us for"" - Shear's Song. "It has always been my dream" -
25. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 1: Farmers' Song. "The shanty-boy invades the wood" (Shears, Farmers, Cronies)
26. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 1: The Mocking of Hel. "Heron, heron winging by" (Hel, Heron, Chorus, Moon, Wind, Beet
27. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 1: "Did you really"" - Fido's Sympathy. "Won't you tell me what's the matter"" (Fido,
28. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 1: Cats' Creed. "Let Man the romantic in vision espy" (Moppet, Poppet, Bunyan, Cronies
29. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 1: "Helson, Helson" - The Fight - Love Duet - Mock Funeral March - Hymn. "Often though
30. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 1: Third Ballad Interlude. "So Helson smiled and Bunyan smiled" (Narrator)
31. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 2: The Christmas Party. "Another slice of turkey" (Chorus, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inksl
32. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 2: Bunyan's Farewell. "Now the task that made us friends" (Bunyan)
33. Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 2: Litany. "The campfire embers are black and cold" (Chorus, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tin

This release marks the 80th anniversary of the premiere of Britten’s Paul Bunyan. An oddball in Britten’s catalogue, this operetta deals with the folkloric figure - very popular in the Midwest - of Paul Bunyan, a giant lumberjack always flanked with his fellow blue cow. Britten’s work, on a libretto by famous poet W. H. Auden is very much inspired by American traditional music, including elements of blues and musical. This extremely rare piece had fallen into neglect after a mixed debut, and was rejected by Britten himself until his late years when he revised and published it again.

Recorded by Philip Brunelle and the Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series from Minnesota (state that claims the parentage of Bunyan), the opera includes three ballades performed by cowboy poet and fiddler Pop Wagner.