Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress - Sylvia McNair, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Paul Plishka, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa / Philips 2x Audio CD 1997 Stereo / 454 431-2
UPC 028945443126
The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition.
The story concerns the decline and fall of one Tom Rakewell, who deserts Anne Trulove for the delights of London in the company of Nick Shadow, who turns out to be the Devil. After several misadventures, all initiated by the devious Shadow, Tom ends up in Bedlam, a hospital for the insane at that time situated in the City of London. The moral of the tale is: "For idle hearts and hands and minds the Devil finds work to do."
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Philips – 454 431-2 |
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| Format: |
2 x CD, Album, Box Set
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| Country: |
Germany |
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| Released: |
1997 |
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| Genre: |
Classical |
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| Style: |
Opera, Modern |
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Tracklist:
| 1-01 |
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Prelude |
0:32 |
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Act One (39:09)
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Act One, Scene 1
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(18:03) |
| 1-02 |
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Duet And Trio: "The Woods Are Green" (Anne, Rakewell, Trulove) |
3:28 |
| 1-03 |
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Recitative: "Anne, My Dear" (Trulove) |
0:52 |
| 1-04 |
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Recitative: "Here I Stand" (Rakewell) / Aria: "Since It Is Not By Merit" (Rakewell) |
2:33 |
| 1-05 |
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Recitative: "Tom Rakewell?" (Shadow, Rakewell) |
1:15 |
| 1-06 |
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Recitative: "Fair Lady, Gracious Gentlemen" (Shadow) / Quartet: "I Wished But Once" (Rakewell, Shadow, Anne, Trulove) |
5:00 |
| 1-07 |
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Recitative: "I'll Call The Coachman, Sir" (Shadow, Trulove) |
0:11 |
| 1-08 |
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Duettino: "Farewell For Now" (Anne, Rakewell) |
1:14 |
| 1-09 |
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Recitative: "All Is Ready, Sir" (Shadow, Rakewell) |
0:46 |
| 1-10 |
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Arioso: "Dear Father Trulove" (Rakewell) / Terzettino: "Laughter And Light" (Rakewell, Anne, Trulove, Shadow) |
2:54 |
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Act One, Scene 2
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(13:16)
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| 1-11 |
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Chorus: "With Air Commanding And Weapon Handy" (Chorus) |
2:30 |
| 1-12 |
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Recitative And Scene: "Come, Tom" (Shadow, Rakewell, Mother Goose) |
3:18 |
| 1-13 |
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Chorus: "Soon Dawn Will Glitter" (Chorus) |
0:37 |
| 1-14 |
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Recitative: "Sisters Of Venus, Brothers Of Mars" (Shadow) |
0:56 |
| 1-15 |
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Cavatina: "Love, Too Frequently Betrayed" (Rakewell) |
2:44 |
| 1-16 |
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Chorus: "How Sad A Song" (Chorus, Mother Goose) |
1:05 |
| 1-17 |
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Chorus: "The Sun Is Bright, The Grass Is Green" (Chorus, Shadow) |
2:06 |
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Act One, Scene 3
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(7:50)
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| 1-18 |
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Recitative: "No Word From Tom" (Anne) |
1:56 |
| 1-19 |
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Aria: "Quietly, Night" (Anne, Trulove) |
2:11 |
| 1-20 |
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Recitative: "My Father! Can I Desert Him" (Anne) |
1:01 |
| 1-21 |
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Cabaletta: "I Go, I Go To Him" (Anne) |
2:42 |
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Act Two (38:29)
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Act Two, Scene 1 |
(13:27) |
| 1-22 |
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Aria: "Vary The Song, O London, Change!" (Rakewell) |
2:51 |
| 1-23 |
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Recitative: "Nature, Green Unnatural Mother" (Rakewell) |
2:24 |
| 1-24 |
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Aria: "Always The Quarry" (Rakewell) |
1:34 |
| 1-25 |
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Recitative: "Master, Are You Alone?" (Shadow, Rakewell) |
1:07 |
| 1-26 |
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"Come Master, Observe The Host" (Shadow) |
1:11 |
| 1-27 |
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Aria: "In Youth The Panting Slave" (Shadow) |
1:59 |
| 1-28 |
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Duet-Finale: "My Tale Shall Be Told" (Rakewell, Shadow) |
2:21 |
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Act Two, Scene 2
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(14:21)
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| 1-30 |
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Recitative: "How Strange" (Anne) / Arioso: "O Heart Be Stronger" (Anne) |
3:28 |
| 1-31 |
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Duet: "Anne! Here!" (Rakewell, Anne) |
2:32 |
| 1-32 |
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Recitative: "My Love, Am I To Remain In Here For Ever?" (Baba, Anne, Rakewell) |
0:59 |
| 1-33 |
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Trio: Could It Then Have Been Known" (Anne, Rakewell, Baba) |
3:07 |
| 1-34 |
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Finale: "I Have Not Run Away" (Baba, Rakewell, Chorus) |
2:24 |
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Act Two, Scene 3
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(10:41)
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| 2-01 |
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Aria: "As I Was Saying" (Baba, Rakewell) / Baba's Song: Come, Sweet, Come" (Baba, Rakewell) / Aria: "Scorned! Abused!" (Baba) |
3:33 |
| 2-02 |
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Recitative: "My Heart Is Cold, I Cannot Weep" (Rakewell) |
0:21 |
| 2-03 |
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Pantomime: "Fa La La" (Shadow) |
1:04 |
| 2-04 |
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Recitative - Arioso - Recitative: "Oh, I Wish It Were True" (Rakewell, Shadow) |
1:44 |
| 2-05 |
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Duet: "Thanks To This Excellent Device" (Rakewell, Shadow) |
1:39 |
| 2-06 |
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Recitative: "Forgive Me, Master" (Shadow) |
2:20 |
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Act Three (52:09)
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Act Three, Scene 1 |
(16:09) |
| 2-07 |
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"Ruin, Disaster, Shame" (Chorus, Anne, Sellem) |
3:03 |
| 2-08 |
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Recitative: "Ladies, Both Fair And Gracious" (Sellem) |
1:28 |
| 2-09 |
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Aria: "Who Hears Me, Knows Me" (Sellem, Chorus) / Bidding Scene: "Seven - Eleven" (Chorus, Sellem) / Aria: "Behold It, Roman, Moral" (Sellem, Chorus) / Bidding Scene: "Fifteen - And A Half" (Chorus, Sellem) / Recitative: "Wonderful" (Sellem) / Aria: "An Unknown Object Draws Us" / Final Bidding Scene: "Fifty - Fifty-Five" (Chorus, Sellem, Baba) |
3:31 |
| 2-10 |
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Aria: "Sold! Annoyed!" (Baba, Chorus, Rakewell, Shadow) / Recitative: "Now What Was That!" (Chorus, Baba, Anne, Sellem) |
2:12 |
| 2-11 |
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Duet: "You Love Him" (Baba, Anne, Chorus, Sellem) / Ballad Tune: "If Boys Had Wings" (Rakewell, Shadow, Anne, Baba, Sellem, Chorus) |
4:02 |
| 2-12 |
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Stretto-Finale: "I Go To Him" (Anne, Baba, Sellem, Chorus) / Ballad Tune [Reprise]: "Who Cares A Fig" (Rakewell, Shadow, Baba, Chorus) |
1:53 |
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Act Three, Scene 2
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(17:40)
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| 2-14 |
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Duet: "How Dark And Dreadful Is This Place" (Rakewell, Shadow) |
4:14 |
| 2-15 |
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Recitative: "Very Well, Then, My Dear And Good Tom" (Shadow, Rakewell) |
1:05 |
| 2-16 |
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Duet: "Well, Then" - "My Heart Is Wild With Fear" (Shadow, Rakewell, Anne) |
6:35 |
| 2-17 |
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"I Burn! I Burn! I Freeze!" (Shadow) |
2:17 |
| 2-18 |
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"With Roses Crowned" (Rakewell) |
1:23 |
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Act Three, Scene 3
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(18:50)
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| 2-19 |
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Arioso: "Prepare Yourselves, Heroic Shades" (Rakewell) / Dialogue: "Madmen's Words Are All Untrue" (Chorus, Rakewell) / Chorus - Minuet: "Leave All Love And Hope Behind" (Chorus) |
3:22 |
| 2-20 |
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Recitative: "There He Is. Have No Fear" (Keeper, Anne, Rakewell) |
0:56 |
| 2-21 |
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Arioso: "I Have Waited" (Rakewell) |
1:01 |
| 2-22 |
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Duet: "In A Foolish Dream" (Rakewell, Anne) |
2:36 |
| 2-23 |
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Recitative: "I Am Exceedingly Weary" (Rakewell) |
0:57 |
| 2-24 |
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Lullaby: "Gently, Little Boat" (Anne) |
3:00 |
| 2-25 |
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Recitative: "Anne, My Dear, The Tale Is Ended Now" (Trulove, Anne) |
0:50 |
| 2-26 |
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Duettino: "Every Wearied Body" (Anne, Trulove) |
1:38 |
| 2-27 |
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Finale - Recitative: "Where Art Thou, Venus?" (Rakewell, Chorus) |
2:51 |
| 2-28 |
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Finale - Mourning Chorus: "Mourn For Adonis" (Chorus) |
1:39 |
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Epilogue
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| 2-29 |
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"Good People, Just A Moment" (Anne, Baba, Rakewell, Shadow, Trulove) |
2:29 |
