Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

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Product Details

Release Date: 03/22/1994
Label: CHANDOS
UPC: 0095115925423

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 1. Scene 1. Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart...
  2. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 1. Scene 1. Here the thirsty ev'ening has drunk the wine of light...
  3. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 1. Scene 1. Who reaches heaven first is the best philosopher...
  4. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 1. Scene 1. Good night, Tarquinius!
  5. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 1. Interlude. Tarquinius does not wait for his servant to wake
  6. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 1. Scene Two. Lucretia!
  7. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 1. Scene Two. Listen! I heard a knock. Somebody is at the gate...
  8. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 1. Scene Two. Time turns upon the hands of women...
  9. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 1. Scene Two. None of the women move. It is too late for a messenger...

Disc 2

  1. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Scene One. The prosperity of the Etruscans was due to the richness...
  2. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Scene One. She sleeps as a rose upon the night...
  3. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Scene One. When Tarquinius desires, then Tarquinius will dare...
  4. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Scene One. Within this frail crucible of light...
  5. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Scene One. Lucretia!
  6. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Interlude. Here in this scene you see Virtue assailed by sin...
  7. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Scene 2. O what a lovely day...
  8. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Scene 2. Hush! here she comes!
  9. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Scene 2. Flowers bring to ev'ry year the same perfection...
  10. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Scene 2. Lucretia! Lucretia! O never again must we two dare to part...
  11. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Scene 2. This dead hand lets fall all that my heart held when full...
  12. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37~Act 2. Scene 2. Is it all? Is all this suffering and pain, is this in vain?...

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Richard Hickox   Primary Artist,Conductor
City of London Sinfonia   Primary Artist,Ensemble
Ameral Gunson   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Alastair Miles   Bass (Vocal)
Jean Rigby   Contralto (Vocal)
Nigel Robson   Tenor (Vocal)
Catherine Pierard   Soprano (Vocal)
Donald Maxwell   Baritone (Vocal)
Patricia Rozario   Soprano (Vocal)
Alan Opie   Baritone (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Richard Lee   Assistant Engineer
Eduardo Rosales   Cover Painting
Eric Roseberry   Liner Notes
Katie Vandyck   Photography
Angelo Cantoni   Liner Note Translation
Ralph Couzens   Engineer
Ronald Duncan   Librettist
Brian Couzens   Producer
Peter Newble   Editing
Robert Carpenter Turner   Photography
Steven John   Art Direction
Penny Lee   Cover Design
Sabine Schildknecht   Liner Note Translation
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