The Rape of Lucretia - Britten; Catherine Pierard, Patricia Rozario, Ameral Gunson, Jean Rigby, Nigel Robson, Donald Maxwell, Alan Opie, Alastair Miles, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

The Rape of Lucretia

Album by Britten; Catherine Pierard, Patricia Rozario, Ameral Gunson, Jean Rigby, Nigel Robson, Donald Maxwell, Alan Opie, Alastair Miles, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Released February 1994

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CD 1
1
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart
Benjamin Britten
5:48
2
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Scene 1: Here the thirsty ev'ening has drunk the wine of light
Benjamin Britten
3:05
3
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Scene 1: Who reaches heaven first is the best philosopher
Benjamin Britten
7:46
4
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Scene 1: Oh, my God, with what agility does jealousy jump into a small heart
Benjamin Britten
8:52
5
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Scene 1: Tarquinus doses not dare when Tarquinius does not desire
Benjamin Britten
2:58
6
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Scene 1: Tarquinius does not wait for his servant to wake
Benjamin Britten
3:13
7
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Scene 2: Their spinning wheel unwinds dreams which desire has spun
Benjamin Britten
5:38
8
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Scene 2: Listen! I heard a knock. Somebody is at the gate
Benjamin Britten
3:04
9
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Scene 2: Time turns upon the hands of women
Benjamin Britten
5:36
10
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Scene 2: None of the women move. It is too late for a messenger
Benjamin Britten
6:09
CD 2
1
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 1: The prosperity of the Etruscans was due to the richness of their native soil
Benjamin Britten
7:41
2
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 1: She sleeps as a rose upon the night
Benjamin Britten
3:01
3
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 1: When Tarquinius desires, then Tarquinius will dare
Benjamin Britten
2:33
4
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 1: Within this frail crucible of light
Benjamin Britten
4:47
5
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 1: Lucretia!
Benjamin Britten
6:30
6
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Here in this scene you see Virtue assailed by sin
Benjamin Britten
4:15
7
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 2: O what a lovely day
Benjamin Britten
6:39
8
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 2: Hush! Here she comes!
Benjamin Britten
3:37
9
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 2: Flowers bring to ev'ry year the same perfection
Benjamin Britten
6:24
10
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 2: Lucretia! Lucretia! O never again must we two dare to part
Benjamin Britten
5:07
11
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 2: Last night Tarquinius ravished me and tore the fabric of our love
Benjamin Britten
3:36
12
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 2: This dead hand lets fall all that my heart held when full
Benjamin Britten
4:22
13
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Scene 2: Is it all? Is all this suffering and pain, is this in vain?
Benjamin Britten
5:42