Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Phaedra
Dame Janet Baker
Aug 2010•29 Songs
Tracks
- 1In May, In Brilliant AthensDame Janet Baker
- 2Oh Gods Of WrathDame Janet Baker
- 3My Time's Too Short, Your HighnessDame Janet Baker
- 4"Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart"Sir Peter Pears
- 5"It Is An Axiom Among Kings"Heather Harper
- 6"Here the Thirsty Evening"Sir Peter Pears
- 7"Who Reaches Heaven First"John Shirley-Quirk
- 8"Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball"Bryan Drake
- 9"Collatinus Is Politically Astute"Sir Peter Pears
- 10"There Goes a Happy Man!"Benjamin Luxon
- 11"Tarquinius Does Not Dare"Sir Peter Pears
- 12"My Horse! My Horse! Tarquinius Does Not Wait"Benjamin Luxon
- 13"Their Spinning-Wheel Unwinds"Heather Harper
- 14"Listen! I Heard a Knock"Dame Janet Baker
- 15"Time Treads Upon the Hands Of Women"Heather Harper
- 16"The Oatmeal Slippers Of Sleep"Heather Harper
- 1"The Prosperity Of the Etruscans"Heather Harper
- 2"She Sleeps As a Rose"Heather Harper
- 3"Within This Frail Crucible Of Light"Benjamin Luxon
- 4"Lucretia!...What Do You Want?"Benjamin Luxon
- 5Interlude: "Here In This Scene"Heather Harper
- 6"Oh! What a Lovely Day!"Jenny Hill
- 7"We'll Leave the Orchids For Lucretia"Elizabeth Bainbridge
- 8"Flowers Bring To Every Year"Dame Janet Baker
- 9"You Were Right"Jenny Hill
- 10"Lucretia! Lucretia!"John Shirley-Quirk
- 11"Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me"Dame Janet Baker
- 12"This Dead Hand Lets Fall"John Shirley-Quirk
- 13Epilogue: "Is It All?"Heather Harper
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