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The Rake's Progress (1951)

Libretto: Wystan Hugh Auden, Chester Kallman
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Deborah York (Soprano), Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Martin Robson (Bass), Bryn Terfel (Bass), Anne Howells (Soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo-soprano), Peter Bronder (Tenor), Julian Clarkson (Bass)
1997, London, Abbey Road Studio No. 1

  • Act I

    • Prelude
      00:32
    • 1. 'The woods are green' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Trulove)
      03:28
    • 2. 'Anne, my dear' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Trulove)
      00:52
    • 3. 'Here I stand' - 'Since it is not by merit' (Tom Rakewell)
      02:33
    • 4. 'Tom Rakewell?' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      01:15
    • 5. 'Fair lady, gracious gentlemen' - 'I wished but once' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Trulove, Nick Shadow)
      05:00
    • 6. 'I'll call the coachman, sir' (Trulove, Nick Shadow)
      00:11
    • 7. 'Farewell for now' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell)
      01:14
    • 8. 'All is ready, sir' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      00:46
    • 9. 'Dear father Trulove' - 'Laughter and light' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Trulove, Nick Shadow)
      02:54
    • 10. 'With air commanding and weapon handy' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Mother Goose, Chorus)
      02:30
    • 11. 'Come, Tom' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Mother Goose)
      03:18
    • 12. 'Soon dawn will glitter' (Chorus)
      00:37
    • 13. 'Sisters of Venus, Brothers of Mars' (Nick Shadow)
      00:56
    • 14. 'Love, too frequently betrayed' (Tom Rakewell)
      02:44
    • 15. 'How sad a song' (Mother Goose, Chorus))
      01:05
    • 16. 'The sun is bright, the grass is green' (Nick Shadow, Chorus)
      02:06
    • 17. 'No word from Tom' (Anne Trulove)
      01:56
    • 18. 'Quietly, night' (Trulove, Anne Trulove)
      02:11
    • 19. 'My father! Can I desert him' (Anne Trulove)
      01:00
    • 20. 'I go, I go to him' (Anne Trulove)
      02:42

  • Act II

    • 1. 'Vary the song, O London, change!' (Tom Rakewell)
      02:51
    • 2. 'Nature, green unnatural mother' (Tom Rakewell)
      02:23
    • 3. 'Always the quarry' (Tom Rakewell)
      01:34
    • 4. 'Master, are you alone?' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      01:07
    • 5. 'Come master, observe the host' (Nick Shadow)
      01:11
    • 6. 'In youth the panting slave' (Nick Shadow)
      01:59
    • 7. 'My tale shall be told' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      02:21
    • 8. Introduction
      01:51
    • 9. 'How strange' - 'O heart be stronger' (Anne Trulove)
      03:28
    • 10. 'Anne! here!' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell)
      02:31
    • 11. 'My love, am I to remain in here for ever?' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Baba the Turk)
      00:59
    • 12. 'Could it then have been known' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Baba the Turk)
      03:07
    • 13. 'I have not run away dear heart' (Tom Rakewell, Baba the Turk, Chorus)
      02:24
    • 14. 'As I Was Saying' - 'Come, Sweet, Come' - 'Scorned! Abused!' (Tom Rakewell, Baba the Turk)
      03:31
    • 15. 'My Heart Is Cold, I Cannot Weep' (Tom Rakewell)
      00:21
    • 16. Pantomime - 'Fa la la' (Nick Shadow)
      01:04
    • 17. 'O I Wish It Were True' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      01:44
    • 18. 'Thanks To This Excellent Device' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      01:39
    • 19. 'Forgive Me, Master' (Nick Shadow, Tom Rakewell)
      02:20

  • Act III

    • 1. 'Ruin, Disaster, Shame' (Anne Trulove, Sellem, Chorus)
      03:03
    • 2. 'Ladies, Both Fair And Gracious' (Sellem)
      01:28
    • 3. 'Who Hears Me, Knows Me' - 'Seven - Eleven' - 'Behold It, Roman, Moral' - 'Fifteen - And A Half' - 'Wonderful' - 'An Unknown Object Draws Us' - 'Fifty- Fifty-Five' (Baba the Turk, Sellem, Chorus)
      03:31
    • 4. 'Sold! Annoyed!' - 'Now What Was That!' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Baba the Turk, Sellem, Chorus)
      02:12
    • 5. 'You Love Him' - 'If Boys Had Wings' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Baba the Turk, Sellem, Chorus)
      04:02
    • 6. 'I Go To Him' - 'Who Cares A Fig' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Baba the Turk, Sellem, Chorus)
      01:53
    • 7. Prelude
      02:06
    • 8. 'How Dark And Dreadful Is This Place' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      04:14
    • 9. 'Very Well, Then, My Dear And Good Tom' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      01:05
    • 10. 'Well, Then' - 'My Heart Is Wild With Fear' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      06:35
    • 11. 'I Burn! I Burn! I Freeze!' (Nick Shadow)
      02:17
    • 12. 'With Roses Crowned' (Tom Rakewell)
      01:23
    • 13. 'Prepare Yourselves, Heroic Shades' - 'Madmen's Words Are All Untrue' - 'Leave All Love And Hope Behind' (Tom Rakewell, Chorus)
      03:22
    • 14. 'There He Is. Have No Fear' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Keeper of the Madhouse)
      00:56
    • 15. 'I Have Waited' (Tom Rakewell)
      01:01
    • 16. 'In A Foolish Dream' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell)
      02:36
    • 17. 'I Am Exceedingly Weary' (Tom Rakewell)
      00:57
    • 18. 'Gently, Little Boat' (Anne Trulove, Chorus)
      03:00
    • 19. 'Anne, My Dear, The Tale Is Ended Now' (Trulove, Anne Trulove)
      00:50
    • 20. 'Every Wearied Body' (Trulove, Anne Trulove)
      01:38
    • 21. 'Where Art Thou Venus?' (Tom Rakewell, Chorus)
      02:51
    • 22. 'Mourn For Adonis' (Chorus)
      01:39
    • 23. Epilogue - 'Good People, Just A Moment' (Anne Trulove, Tom Rakewell, Trulove, Nick Shadow, Baba the Turk)
      02:29

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