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Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 1: Western Union Boy's Song. "A Telegram from Oversea" (Western Union Boy, Chorus, Bunyan, Hel, Sam, Ben)

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by

Benjamin Britten,

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series,

Philip Brunelle,

James Westbrock,

Collaborators: 11

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Released:

Jan 1, 1988

Duration:

01:38

Tempo:

154

BPM

Key:

D#

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℗ A Warner Classics release, 1988 Parlophone Records Limited

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Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 1: Western Union Boy's Song. "A Telegram from Oversea" (Western Union Boy, Chorus, Bunyan, Hel, Sam, Ben)

A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Limited

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Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 1: Western Union Boy's Song. "A Telegram from Oversea" (Western Union Boy, Chorus, Bunyan, Hel, Sam, Ben)

Benjamin Britten

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Composer

Benjamin Britten

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Vocals

Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series

James Westbrock

Instrumentation

Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series

Misc Vox

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Philip Brunelle

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Songwriters (1)

Composer

Benjamin Britten

Producers (1)

Conductor

Philip Brunelle

Musicians (3)

Vocals

Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series

James Westbrock

Instrumentation

Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series

Misc Vox

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Tracks

1

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Introduction - Prologue. "Since the birth of the earth" (Trees, Wild Geese)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten

2

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: First Ballad Interlude. "The Cold Wind Blew Through the Crooked Thorn" (Narrator)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Pop Wagner, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten

3

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: Bunyan's Greeting. "It is a spring morning" - Call of Lumberjacks. "Down the line!" (Bunyan, Lumberjacks)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten

4

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: Lumberjacks' Chorus. "My birthplace was in Sweden" - Bunyan's Welcome. "Welcome and sit down" (Lumberjacks, Bunyan)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten

5

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 1: Quartet of Swedes. "Swedish Born and Swedish Bred" (Four Swedes, Bunyan, Chorus)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Lawrence Weller, Phil Jorgenson, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Thomas Shaffer, Tim Dahl, Benjamin Britten

6

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 1: Western Union Boy's Song. "A Telegram from Oversea" (Western Union Boy, Chorus, Bunyan, Hel, Sam, Ben)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, James Westbrock, Vern Sutton, Merle Fristad, James Bohn, Benjamin Britten

7

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 1: Cooks' Duet. "Sam for Soups, Ben for Beans" (Sam, Ben, Inkslinger, Bunyan)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Vern Sutton, Merle Fristad, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen

8

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 1: Animal Trio. "Ah! Miaou! The Single Creature Lives a Partial Life" (Fido, Moppet, Poppet)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, Sue Herber, Benjamin Britten

9

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act I, Scene 1: Bunyan's Goodnight. "Off to supper and to bed" - Exit of Lumberjacks. "Down the line!" (Bunyan, Lumberjacks)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten

10

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 1: The Blues. "Gold in the North Came the Blizzard to Say" (Bunyan, The Defeated, Inkslinger)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen

11

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 1: "Hello Mr Inkslinger" - Bunyan's Goodnight. "Good Night, Johnny, and Good Luck" (Bunyan, Inkslinger)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen

12

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 1: Second Ballad Interlude. "The Spring Came and the Summer and Fall" (Narrator)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Pop Wagner, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten

13

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 2: "Nothing but Soups and Beans" - Food Chorus. "Do I Look the Sort of Fellow" (Chorus, Inkslinger, Sam, Ben)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Vern Sutton, Merle Fristad, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen

14

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 2: Accusation Chorus. "There Now Look What You Have Done" (Cross, Inkslinger, Jen, Pete, Andy, Chorus)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Lawrence Weller, Phil Jorgenson, Philip Brunelle, Thomas Shaffer, Tim Dahl, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen

15

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 2: "In Fair Days and in Foul" - Slim's Song. "I Come from Open Spaces" (Slim, Inkslinger, Poppet, Fido, Moppet, Four Swedes)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Lawrence Weller, Phil Jorgenson, Philip Brunelle, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, Thomas Shaffer, Tim Dahl, Sue Herber, Clifton Ware, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen

16

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 2: Bunyan's Return. "Look, the Chief Is Back" (Chorus, Inkslinger, Fido)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Maria Jette, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen

17

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 2: "Hello, Fido" - Inkslinger's Song. "It Was out in the Sticks" (Inkslinger, Fido)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Maria Jette, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen

18

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 2: Entrance of Chorus. "I Never Knew He Had a Daughter" (Pete, Andy, Jen, Cross)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Lawrence Weller, Phil Jorgenson, Philip Brunelle, Thomas Shaffer, Tim Dahl, Benjamin Britten

19

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 2: Tiny's Entrance. "Look at Me, Miss Tiny, I’m Six Feet Tall" (Ben, Sam, Cross, Andy, Shears)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Lawrence Weller, Phil Jorgenson, Philip Brunelle, James McKeel, Vern Sutton, Merle Fristad, Benjamin Britten

20

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 2: "Leave Her Alone, You Fools" - Tiny's Song. "Whether the Sun Shine Upon Children Playing" (Tiny, Inkslinger, Chorus, Slim)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Elisabeth Comeaux, Clifton Ware, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen

21

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 2: Inkslinger's Regret. "All the Little Brooks of Love" (Inkslinger, Bunyan, Chorus)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen

22

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 1, Scene 2: Bunyan's Goodnight. "Now Let the Complex Spirit Dissolve in the Darkness" (Bunyan)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten

23

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 2, Scene 1: Bunyan's Good Morning. "The Songs of Dawn Have Been Sung" (Bunyan, Chorus)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten

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" - Bunyan's Warning. "If there isn’t a flood, there’s a drought" (Bunyan, Hel, Shears, Farmers)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, James McKeel, James Bohn, Benjamin Britten

25

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 2, Scene 1: Farmers' Song. "The Shanty-Boy Invades the Wood" (Shears, Farmers, Cronies)

Jay Ramos, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Stanford Felix, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Allen, James McKeel, Richard Allison, Benjamin Britten

26

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 2, Scene 1: The Mocking of Hel. "Heron, Heron Winging By" (Hel, Heron, Chorus, Moon, Wind, Beetle, Squirrel, Moppet, Poppet, Fido)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, Sue Herber, James Bohn, Benjamin Britten

27

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 2, Scene 1: "Did You Really?" - Fido's Sympathy. "Won't You Tell Me What's the Matter?" (Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Hel)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, Sue Herber, James Bohn, Benjamin Britten

28

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 2, Scene 1: Cats' Creed. "Let Man the Romantic in Vision Espy" (Moppet, Poppet, Bunyan, Cronies, Hel)

Jay Ramos, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Stanford Felix, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Allen, Janis Hardy, Sue Herber, Richard Allison, James Bohn, Benjamin Britten

29

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 1: "Helson, Helson" - The Fight - Love Duet - Mock Funeral March - Hymn. "Often thoughts of hate conceal" (Bunyan, Hel, Cronies, Tiny, Slim, Chorus)

Jay Ramos, Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Stanford Felix, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Allen, Elisabeth Comeaux, Clifton Ware, Richard Allison, James Bohn, Benjamin Britten

30

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 2, Scene 1: Third Ballad Interlude. "So Helson Smiled and Bunyan Smiled" (Narrator)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Pop Wagner, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten

31

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act II, Scene 2: The Christmas Party. "Another slice of turkey" (Chorus, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Inkslinger, Tiny, Slim, Hel, Shears, Western Union Boy)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, James Westbrock, James McKeel, Sue Herber, Elisabeth Comeaux, Clifton Ware, James Bohn, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen

32

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 2, Scene 2: Bunyan's Farewell. "Now the Task That Made Us Friends" (Bunyan)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Benjamin Britten

33

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Act 2, Scene 2: Litany. "The Campfire Embers Are Black and Cold" (Chorus, Fido, Moppet, Poppet, Tiny, Slim, Bunyan, Hel, Inkslinger)

Orchestra Of The Plymouth Music Series, James Lawless, Philip Brunelle, Janis Hardy, Maria Jette, Sue Herber, Elisabeth Comeaux, Clifton Ware, James Bohn, Benjamin Britten, Dan Dressen