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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
5:47
2
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Here the thirsty ev'ening has drunk the wine of light...
Benjamin Britten
3:05
3
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Who reaches heaven first is the best philosopher...
Benjamin Britten
16:31
4
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Good night, Tarquinius!
Benjamin Britten
2:58
5
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Tarquinius does not wait for his servant to wake
Benjamin Britten
3:06
6
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Lucretia!
Benjamin Britten
5:49
7
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Listen! I heard a knock. Somebody is at the gate...
Benjamin Britten
3:03
8
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: Time turns upon the hands of women...
Benjamin Britten
5:35
9
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I: 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: The prosperity of the Etruscans was due to the richness...
Benjamin Britten
7:39
2
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: She sleeps as a rose upon the night...
Benjamin Britten
3:01
3
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: When Tarquinius desires, then Tarquinius will dare...
Benjamin Britten
2:32
4
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Within this frail crucible of light...
Benjamin Britten
4:47
5
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Lucretia!
Benjamin Britten
6:29
6
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Here in this scene you see Virtue assailed by sin...
Benjamin Britten
4:14
7
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: O what a lovely day...
Benjamin Britten
6:38
8
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Hush! Here she comes!
Benjamin Britten
3:37
9
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Flowers bring to ev'ry year the same perfection...
Benjamin Britten
6:24
10
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Lucretia! Lucretia! O never again must we two dare to part...
Benjamin Britten
8:42
11
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: This dead hand lets fall all that my heart held when full...
Benjamin Britten
4:21
12
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act II: Is it all? Is all this suffering and pain, is this in vain?
Benjamin Britten
5:38