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BRITTEN: Rape of Lucretia (The)

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Label: Chandos

Genre: Opera

Period: 20th Century

Catalogue No: CHAN9254-55

Barcode: 095115925423

Release Date: 02/1994

BRITTEN: Rape of Lucretia (The)

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Disc 1

Britten, Benjamin
Duncan, Ronald - Lyricist

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37

Robson, Nigel (tenor)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
Miles, Alastair (bass)
Opie, Alan (baritone)
Rigby, Jean (contralto)
Pierard, Catherine (soprano)
Maxwell, Donald (baritone)
Rozario, Patricia (soprano)
Gunson, Ameral (mezzo-soprano)

1

Act I Scene 1: Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart … (Male Chorus)

05:47

Robson, Nigel (tenor)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

2

Act I Scene 1: Here the thirsty ev'ening has drunk the wine of light … (Male Chorus)

03:05

Robson, Nigel (tenor)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

3

Act I Scene 1: Who reaches heaven first is the best philosopher (Collatinus)

16:32

Miles, Alastair (bass)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

4

Act I Scene 1: Good night, Tarquinius! (Junius)

02:59

Opie, Alan (baritone)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

5

Act I Interlude: Tarquiius does not wait for his servant to wake (Male Chorus)

03:07

Robson, Nigel (tenor)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

6

Act I Scene 2: Lucretia! (Junius)

05:50

Opie, Alan (baritone)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

7

Act I Scene 2: Listen! I heard a knock. Somebody is at the gate … (Lucretia)

03:04

Rigby, Jean (contralto)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

8

Act I Scene 2: Time turns upon the hands of women … (Female Chorus)

05:36

Pierard, Catherine (soprano)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

9

Act I Scene 2: None of the women move. It is too late for a messenger … (Female Chorus)

06:09

Pierard, Catherine (soprano)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

Disc 2

1

Act II Scene 1: The prosperity of the Etruscans was due to the richness … (Female Chorus)

07:39

Pierard, Catherine (soprano)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

2

Act II Scene 1: She sleeps as a rose upon the night … (Female Chorus)

03:01

Pierard, Catherine (soprano)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

3

Act II Scene 1: When Tarquinius desires, then Tarquinius will dare … (Tarquinius)

02:33

Maxwell, Donald (baritone)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

4

Act II Scene 1: Within this frail crucible of light … (Tarquinius)

04:47

Maxwell, Donald (baritone)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

5

Act II Scene 1: Lucretia! (Tarquinius)

06:30

Maxwell, Donald (baritone)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

6

Act II Interlude: Here in this scene you see Virtue assailed by sin … (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)

04:15

Pierard, Catherine (soprano)
Robson, Nigel (tenor)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

7

Act II Scene 2: O what a lovely day … (Lucia)

06:39

Rozario, Patricia (soprano)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

8

Act II Scene 2: Hush! Here she comes! (Bianca)

03:37

Gunson, Ameral (mezzo-soprano)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

9

Act II Scene 2: Flowers bring to ev'ry year the same perfection … (Luceretia)

06:24

Rigby, Jean (contralto)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

10

Act II Scene 2: Lucretia! Lucretia! O never again must we two dare to part … (Collatinus)

08:43

Miles, Alastair (bass)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

11

Act II Scene 2: This dead hand lets fall all that my heart held when full … (Collatinus)

04:22

Miles, Alastair (bass)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

12

Act II Scene 2: Is it all? Is all this suffering and pain, is this in vain? (Female Chorus)

05:38

Pierard, Catherine (soprano)
City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:56:17