Britten: The Rape of Lucretia - Phaedra
Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart
It is an axiom among kings
Who reaches heaven first
Sir Peter Pears · Bryan Drake · Benjamin Britten · English Chamber Orchestra · Benjamin Luxon · John Shirley-Quirk
Maria was unmasked at a masked ball
English Chamber Orchestra · Benjamin Britten · Benjamin Luxon · John Shirley-Quirk · Sir Peter Pears · Bryan Drake
Collatinus is politically astute
English Chamber Orchestra · Benjamin Britten · Benjamin Luxon · Sir Peter Pears · Bryan Drake · John Shirley-Quirk
My horse! My horse! tarquinius does not wait
Their spinning-wheel unwinds
Dame Janet Baker · Benjamin Britten · Heather Harper · English Chamber Orchestra · Elizabeth Bainbridge · Jenny Hill
Listen! I heard a knock
Benjamin Britten · Elizabeth Bainbridge · English Chamber Orchestra · Dame Janet Baker · Jenny Hill
Time treads upon the hands of women
Heather Harper · Benjamin Britten · Dame Janet Baker · English Chamber Orchestra · Jenny Hill · Elizabeth Bainbridge
The oatmeal slippers of sleep
Sir Peter Pears · Heather Harper · Elizabeth Bainbridge · Dame Janet Baker · Benjamin Britten · Benjamin Luxon · Jenny Hill · English Chamber Orchestra
The prosperity of the Etruscans
Heather Harper · Sir Peter Pears · Bryan Drake · Jenny Hill · English Chamber Orchestra · Benjamin Britten · Elizabeth Bainbridge · 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!
Benjamin Britten · Elizabeth Bainbridge · Jenny Hill · English Chamber Orchestra
We'll leave the orchids for Lucretia
English Chamber Orchestra · Elizabeth Bainbridge · Jenny Hill · Benjamin Britten · Dame Janet Baker
Flowers bring to every year
You were right
Jenny Hill · Bryan Drake · Benjamin Britten · Elizabeth Bainbridge · English Chamber Orchestra · John Shirley-Quirk
Lucretia! Lucretia!
Last night Tarquinius ravished me
This dead hand lets fall
English Chamber Orchestra · Jenny Hill · Elizabeth Bainbridge · Sir Peter Pears · Bryan Drake · Heather Harper · Benjamin Britten · 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