The Rake's Progress (1951)
Kent Nagano, Chœur de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Robert Lloyd (Bass), Dawn Upshaw (Soprano), Jerry Hadley (Tenor), Samuel Ramey (Bass), Anne Collins (Alto), Grace Bumbry (Mezzo-soprano), Steven Cole (Tenor), Roderick Earle (Baritone)
1995 - 1996, Lyon, Opéra National de Lyon
Act I
- 00:33Prelude
- 03:33Duet and Trio "The Woods Are Green" (Anne, Tom, Trulove)
- 00:53Recitative "Anne, My Dear" (Trulove, Anne, Tom)
- 00:57Recitative "Here I Stand" (Tom)
- 01:44Aria "Since It Is Not by Merit" (Tom)
- 01:16Recitative "Tom Rakewell?" (Nick, Tom)
- 01:56Recitative "Fair Lady, Gracious Gentlemen" (Nick)
- 03:14Quartet "I Wished but Once" (Tom, Nick, Anne, Trulove)
- 00:10Recitative "I'll Call the Coachman, Sir" (Nick, Trulove)
- 01:18Duettino "Farewell for Now" (Anne, Tom)
- 00:44Recitative "All Is Ready, Sir" (Nick, Tom)
- 01:40Arioso "Dear Father Trulove" (Tom)
- 01:27Terzettino "Laughter and Light" (Tom, Anne, Trulove, Nick)
- 02:32Chorus "With Air Commanding and Weapon Handy" (Chorus)
- 03:09Recitative and Scene "Come, Tom" (Nick, Tom, Mother Goose)
- 00:39Chorus "Soon Dawn Will Glitter" (Chorus)
- 00:51Recitative "Sisters of Venus, Brothers of Mars" (Nick)
- 02:44Cavatina "Love, Too Frequently Betrayed" (Tom)
- 00:59Chorus "How Sad a Song" (Chorus, Mother Goose)
- 02:14Chorus "The Sun Is Bright" (Chorus, Nick)
- 02:18Recitative "No Word from Tom" (Anne)
- 02:13Aria "Quietly, Night" (Anne)
- 01:07Recitative "My Father! Can I Desert Him" (Anne)
- 02:58Cabaletta "I Go, I Go to Him" (Anne)
Act II
- 03:09Aria "Vary the Song, O London, Change!" (Tom)
- 02:19Recitative "Nature, Green Unnatural Mother" (Tom)
- 01:47Aria "Always the Quarry That I Stalk Fades or Evades Me" (Tom) [Reprise]
- 01:13Recitative "Master, Are You Alone?" (Nick, Tom)
- 01:13Recitative "Come, Master, Observe the Host" (Nick)
- 02:10Aria "In Youth the Panting Slaves" (Nick)
- 02:12Duet-Finale "My Tale Shall Be Told" (Tom, Nick)
- 01:47Prélude
- 02:48Recitative and Arioso "How Strange!" (Anne)
- 00:50Recitative "What Can This Mean?" (Anne)
- 02:27Duet "Anne! Here!" (Tom, Anne)
- 01:03Recitative "My Love, Am I to Remain in Here Forever?" (Baba, Ann, Tom)
- 03:18Trio "Could It Then Have Been Known" (Anne, Tom, Baba)
- 02:16Finale "I Have Not Run Away" (Baba, Tom, Chorus)
- 01:51Aria "As I Was Saying" (Baba, Tom)
- 00:24Baba's Song "Come, Sweet, Come” (Baba, Tom)
- 01:36Aria "Scorned! Abused!" (Baba)
- 00:23Recitative "My Heart Is Cold" (Tom)
- 00:59Pantomime "Fa la la" (Nick)
- 01:50Recitatives and Arioso "Oh, I Wish It Were True" (Nick, Tom)
- 01:38Duet "Thanks to This Excellent Device" (Tom, Nick)
- 02:04Recitative "Forgive Me, Master" (Nick, Tom)
Act III
- 01:43Chorus "Ruin. Disaster. Shame" (Chorus)
- 01:17Chorus "Do You Know Where Tom Rakewell Is?" (Anne, Chorus, Sellem)
- 01:26Recitative "Ladies, Both Fair and Gracious" (Sellem)
- 03:32Aria and Bidding Scene "Who Hears Me, Knows Me" (Sellem, Chorus, Baba)
- 00:59Aria "Sold! Annoyed!" (Baba, Chorus, Tom, Nick)
- 01:06Recitative "Now, What Was That ?" (Chorus, Baba, Anne, Sellem)
- 01:53Duet "You Love Him" (Baba, Anne, Sellem, Chorus)
- 01:49"I Shall Go Back and Grace the Stage" (Baba, Anne, Chorus, Sellem)
- 00:24Ballad Tune "If Boys Had Wings" (Tom, Nick, Anne, Baba, Sellem, Chorus)
- 00:59Stretto-Finale "I Go to Him" (Anne, Baba, Sellem, Chorus)
- 01:02Ballad Tune "Who Cares a Fig" (Tom, Nick, Baba, Chorus) [Reprise]
- 02:11Prelude
- 04:06Duet "How Dark and Dreadful Is This Place" (Tom, Nick)
- 01:18Recitative "Very Well" (Nick, Tom)
- 07:16Duet "Well Then. My Heart Is Wild" (Nick, Tom, Anne)
- 02:03"I Burn, I Burn! I Freeze!" (Nick)
- 01:26"With Roses Crowned" (Tom)
- 01:52Arioso "Prepare Yourselves, Heroic Shades" (Tom)
- 00:24Dialogue "Madmen's Words Are All Untrue" (Chorus, Tom)
- 01:17Chorus and Minuet "Leave All Love and Hope Behind" (Chorus)
- 00:57Recitative "There He Is" (Keeper, Anne, Tom)
- 01:14Arioso "I Have waited" (Tom)
- 02:42Duet "In a Foolish Dream" (Tom, Anne)
- 01:12Recitative "I Am Exceeding Weary" (Tom)
- 02:59Lullaby "Gently, Little Boat" (Anne, Chorus)
- 00:53Recitative "Anne, My Dear" (Trulove, Anne)
- 01:43Duettino "Every Wearied Body" (Anne, Trulove)
- 03:29Finale and Recitative "Where Art Thou, Venus?" (Tom, Chorus)
- 01:15Mourning Chorus "Mourn for Adonis!" (Chorus)
Epilogue
- 02:33"Good People, Just a Moment" (Anne, Baba, Tom, Nick, Trulove)
Recording appears on:
All recordings of "The Rake's Progress (1951)"
- Kent Nagano, Robert Lloyd, Dawn Upshaw, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Anne Collins, Chœur de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon1995 - 1996, Lyon, Opéra National de Lyon
- Igor Stravinsky, Norman Scott, Hilde Güden, Eugene Conley, Mack Harrell, Martha Lipton, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus1953, New York, Metropolitan Opera House
- Igor Stravinsky, Judith Raskin, Regina Sarfaty, Peter Tracey, Jane Manning, John Reardon, Sadler's Wells Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra1964, London
- Riccardo Chailly, Philip Langridge, Cathryn Pope, Samuel Ramey, Stafford Dean, Astrid Varnay, London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta℗ 1984
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Deborah York, Ian Bostridge, Martin Robson, Bryn Terfel, Anne Howells, London Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir1997, London, Abbey Road Studio No. 1
- Fritz Reiner, Hilde Güden, Blanche Thebom, Eugene Conley, Mack Harrell, Martha Lipton, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera ChorusFebruary 1953, New York, Metropolitan Opera House
- Robert Craft, Jayne West, Wendy White, Jon Garrison, John Cheek, Shirley Love, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Gregg Smith SingersMay 1993, Purchase, The Performing Arts Center