‎Britten: The Rape of Lucretia by Hilary Summers

Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart

Ian Bostridge, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen

2:28

It Is an Axiom Among Kings

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

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, Christopher Purves, Oliver Knussen, Benjamin Russell, Ian Bostridge

2:23

Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball

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

4:23

Collatinus Is Politically Astute

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

4:14

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

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

3:59

Tarquinius Does Not Dare

Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge

2:14

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

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

2:58

Their Spinning Wheel Unwinds

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

5:21

Listen! I Heard a Knock

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

2:46

Ah... Time Treads Upon the Hands of Women

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

3:26

the Oatmeal Slippers of Sleep

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

1:50

Lucia Runs to the Door

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

5:21

the Prosperity of the Etruscans Was Due

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

7:28

She Sleeps As a Rose Upon the Night

Oliver Knussen, Susan Gritton, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

2:59

When Tarquinius Desires

Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge

2:11

Within This Frail Crucible of Light

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

4:01

Lucretia!...What Do You Want?

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

5:47

Interlude. Here in This Scene You See

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

3:51

Oh! What a Lovely Day!

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

5:55

Good Morning, My Lady

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

3:27

Flowers Bring to Every Year

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

3:18

You Were Right. Tarquinius Took One of the Horses

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

2:39

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

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

4:50

Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me

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

3:28

This Dead Hand Lets Fall

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

3:57

Epilogue: Is It All?

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

5:11

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Hilary Summers

Contralto
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Oliver Knussen

Conductor
Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

Orchestra, Ensemble

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

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