‎Britten: The Rape of Lucretia by Christopher Purves

Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart

Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge, Oliver Knussen

2:28

It Is an Axiom Among Kings

Susan Gritton, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge, Oliver Knussen

2:28

Here the Thirsty Evening Has Drunk the Wine of Light

Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge, Oliver Knussen

2:33

Who Reaches Heaven First Is the Best Philosopher

Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen, Benjamin Russell, Ian Bostridge, Christopher Purves

2:23

Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball

Benjamin Russell, Ian Bostridge, Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Christopher Purves, Oliver Knussen

4:23

Collatinus Is Politically Astute

Ian Bostridge, Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell

4:14

Goodnight!....there Goes a Happy Man!

Benjamin Russell, Christopher Purves, Oliver Knussen, Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

3:59

Tarquinius Does Not Dare

Ian Bostridge, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen

2:14

My Horse! My Horse! - interlude: Tarquinius Does Not Wait

Ian Bostridge, Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen

2:58

Their Spinning Wheel Unwinds

Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Hilary Summers, Angelika Kirchschlager, Claire Booth, Susan Gritton, Oliver Knussen

5:21

Listen! I Heard a Knock

Angelika Kirchschlager, Claire Booth, Hilary Summers, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen

2:46

Ah... Time Treads Upon the Hands of Women

Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Claire Booth, Hilary Summers, Susan Gritton, Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager

3:26

the Oatmeal Slippers of Sleep

Susan Gritton, Ian Bostridge, Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

1:50

Lucia Runs to the Door

Claire Booth, Susan Gritton, Angelika Kirchschlager, Oliver Knussen, Hilary Summers, Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge

5:21

the Prosperity of the Etruscans Was Due

Christopher Purves, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Benjamin Russell, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Angelika Kirchschlager, Oliver Knussen

7:28

She Sleeps As a Rose Upon the Night

Susan Gritton, Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

2:59

When Tarquinius Desires

Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge

2:11

Within This Frail Crucible of Light

Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Susan Gritton, Oliver Knussen

4:01

Lucretia!...What Do You Want?

Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Angelika Kirchschlager, Oliver Knussen

5:47

Interlude. Here in This Scene You See

Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge, Oliver Knussen, Susan Gritton

3:51

Oh! What a Lovely Day!

Oliver Knussen, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Hilary Summers

5:55

Good Morning, My Lady

Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

3:27

Flowers Bring to Every Year

Hilary Summers, Angelika Kirchschlager, Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

3:18

You Were Right. Tarquinius Took One of the Horses

Benjamin Russell, Christopher Purves, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Hilary Summers, Oliver Knussen

2:39

Lucretia! O, Never Again Must We Two Dare to Part

Angelika Kirchschlager, Oliver Knussen, Christopher Purves, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

4:50

Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me

Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Christopher Purves, Angelika Kirchschlager, Oliver Knussen

3:28

This Dead Hand Lets Fall

Benjamin Russell, Hilary Summers, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Christopher Purves, Oliver Knussen, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Claire Booth

3:57

Epilogue: Is It All?

Susan Gritton, Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge

5:11

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Christopher Purves

Bass-Baritone, Tenor
Ian Bostridge

Tenor
Angelika Kirchschlager

Soprano
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

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