The Rape of Lucretia op. 37 (1946)
Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, Catherine Piérard (Soprano), Patricia Rozario (Soprano), Ameral Gunson (Mezzo-soprano), Jean Rigby (Alto), Nigel Robson (Tenor), Donald Maxwell (Baritone), Alan Opie (Baritone), Alastair Miles (Bass)
July 1993, London, Goldsmiths College
Act I
- 05:481. 'Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart' (Male Chorus, Female Chorus)
- 03:052. 'Here the thirsty ev'ning has drunk the wine of light' (Male Chorus)
- 07:463. 'Who reaches heaven first is the best philosopher' (Collatinus, Junius, Tarquinius, Male Chorus)
- 08:524. 'Oh, my God, with what agility does jealousy jump into a small heart' (Male Chorus, Junius, Collatinus, Tarquinius)
- 02:585. 'Tarquinus does not dare when Tarquinius does not desire' (Male Chorus, Tarquinius)
- 03:136. 'Tarquinius does not wait for his servant to wake' (Male Chorus)
- 05:387. 'The spinning wheel unwinds dreams which desire has spun' (Female Chorus, Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia)
- 03:048. 'Listen! I heard a knock. Somebody is at the gate' (Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia)
- 05:369. 'Time turns upon the hands of women' (Female Chorus, Lucretia, Bianca, Male Chorus)
- 06:1210. 'None of the women move. It is too late for a messenger' (Female Chorus, Tarquinius, Male Chorus, Bianca, Lucia, Lucretia)
Act II
- 07:411. 'The prosperity of the Etruscans was due to the richness of their native soil' (Female Chorus, Male Chorus, Collatinus, Lucia, Bianca, Junius)
- 03:012. 'She sleeps as a rose upon the night' (Female Chorus)
- 02:333. 'When Tarquinius desires, then Tarquinius will dare' (Male Chorus, Female Chorus)
- 04:474. 'Within this frail crucible of light' (Tarquinius, Female Chorus)
- 06:305. 'Lucretia!' (Tarquinius, Lucretia, Male and Female Chorus)
- 04:156. 'Here in this scene you see Virtue assailed by sin' (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
- 06:397. 'O what a lovely day' (Lucia, Bianca)
- 03:378. 'Hush! Here she comes!' (Bianca, Lucia, Lucretia)
- 06:249. 'Flowers bring to ev'ry year the same perfection' (Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia, Collatinus, Junius)
- 05:0710. 'Lucretia! Lucretia! O never again must we two dare to part' (Collatinus, Lucretia)
- 03:3611. 'Last night Tarquinius ravished me and tore the fabric of our love' (Lucretia, Collatinus)
- 04:2212. 'This dead hand lets fall all that my heart held when full' (Collatinus, Junius, Lucia, Bianca, Male and Female Chorus)
- 05:4213. 'Is it all? Is all this suffering and pain, is this in vain?' (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
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