Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)