Benjamin Britten - Rape Of Lucretia (Chandos Audio CD)

Chandos Britten 2 CD
Benjamin Britten

The Rape of Lucretia Op.37 117:16

COMPACT DISC ONE 52:08
ACT ONE - Scene One - The generals' tent in the camp outside Rome 28:23
1 Male Chrous Roe is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart . . . 5:47
2 Male Chorus Here the thirsty ev'ening has drunk the wine of light . . . 3:05
3 Collatinus Who reaches heaven first is the best philosopher . . . 16:32
4 Junius Good night, Tarquinius! 2:59

Interlude
5 Male Chorus Tarquinius does not wait for his servant to wake 3:07

Scene Two - A room in Lucretia's house in Rome, the same evening 20:39
6 Junius Lucretia! 5:50
7 Lucretia Listen! I heard a knock. Somebody is at the gate . . . 3:04
8 Female Chorus Time turns upon the hands of women . . . 5:36
9 Female Chorus None of the women move. It is too laate for a messenger . . . 6:09

COMPACT DISC TWO 64:08
ACT TWO - Scene One - Lucretia's bedroom 24:30
1 Female Chorus The prosperity of the Etruscans was due to the richness . . . 7:39
2 Female Chorus She sleeps as a rose upon the night . . . 3:01
3 Tarquinius When Tarquinius desires, then Tarquinius will dare . . . 2:33
4 Tarquinius Within this frail crucible of light . . . 4:47
5 Tarquinius Lucretia! 6:30

Interlude
6 Female & Male Chorus Here in this scene you see Virtue assailed by sin . . . 4:15

Scene Two - A room in Lucretia's house, the next morning 35:23
7 Lucia O what a lovely day . . . 6:39
8 Hush! Here she comes! 3:37
9 Lucretia Flowers bring to ev'ry year the same perfection . . . 6:24
10 Collatinus Lucretia! Lucretia! O never again must we two dare to part . . . 8:43
11 Collatinus This dead hand lets fall all that my heart held when full . . . 4:22
12 Female Chorus Is it all? Is all this suffering and pain, in this in vain? . . . 5:38

Alan Opie baritone
Alastair Miles bass
Ameral Gunson mezzo-soprano
Catherine Pierard soprano
Donald Maxwell baritone
Jean Rigby contralto
Nigel Robson tenor
Patricia Rozario soprano

City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox

Recorded in:
Goldsmith's College, New Cross, London
5-8 July 1993

Producer(s)
Ralph Couzens

Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Richard Lee (Assistant)

Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K