Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia - Phaedra
Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart
It is an axiom among kings
Who reaches heaven first
English Chamber Orchestra · Benjamin Luxon · Benjamin Britten · Sir Peter Pears · Bryan Drake · John Shirley-Quirk
Maria was unmasked at a masked ball
English Chamber Orchestra · Bryan Drake · Benjamin Britten · Benjamin Luxon · Sir Peter Pears · John Shirley-Quirk
Collatinus is politically astute
Sir Peter Pears · Benjamin Britten · Benjamin Luxon · English Chamber Orchestra · Bryan Drake · John Shirley-Quirk
My horse! My horse! tarquinius does not wait
Their spinning-wheel unwinds
English Chamber Orchestra · Benjamin Britten · Heather Harper · Elizabeth Bainbridge · Dame Janet Baker · Jenny Hill
Listen! I heard a knock
English Chamber Orchestra · Jenny Hill · Benjamin Britten · Elizabeth Bainbridge · Dame Janet Baker
Time treads upon the hands of women
Dame Janet Baker · Benjamin Britten · Heather Harper · Jenny Hill · English Chamber Orchestra · Elizabeth Bainbridge
The oatmeal slippers of sleep
Elizabeth Bainbridge · Sir Peter Pears · Jenny Hill · Benjamin Luxon · Benjamin Britten · Heather Harper · Dame Janet Baker · English Chamber Orchestra
The prosperity of the Etruscans
Jenny Hill · English Chamber Orchestra · Benjamin Britten · Heather Harper · Bryan Drake · Elizabeth Bainbridge · Sir Peter Pears · John Shirley-Quirk
She sleeps as a rose
Within this frail crucible of light
Lucretia!.What do you want?
Interlude: Here in this scene
Oh! What a lovely day!
Elizabeth Bainbridge · Benjamin Britten · Jenny Hill · English Chamber Orchestra
We'll leave the orchids for Lucretia
Jenny Hill · Dame Janet Baker · English Chamber Orchestra · Benjamin Britten · Elizabeth Bainbridge
Flowers bring to every year
You were right
Bryan Drake · Elizabeth Bainbridge · John Shirley-Quirk · English Chamber Orchestra · Benjamin Britten · Jenny Hill
Lucretia! Lucretia!
Last night Tarquinius ravished me
This dead hand lets fall
Jenny Hill · Benjamin Britten · Heather Harper · Elizabeth Bainbridge · Sir Peter Pears · Bryan Drake · English Chamber Orchestra · John Shirley-Quirk
Epilogue: Is it all?
Production
- Ray MinshullProduction
- Michael WoolcockAssistance de production, Production
- John DunkerleyIngénierie du son
- James LockIngénierie du son, Ingénierie de prise de son
- Kenneth WilkinsonIngénierie du son, Ingénierie de prise de son