Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I Scene 1
Duet and Trio: "The Woods Are Green" - Recitative: "Anne, My Dear"
Judith Raskin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Young, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, Don Garrard
Recitative: "Here I stand" - Aria: "Since It Is Not by Merit"
Recitative: "Tom Rakewell?" - Recitative: "Fair Lady, Gracious Gentlemen" - Quartet: "I Wished But Once" - Recitative: "I'll Call the Coachman, Sir"
Duettino: "Farewell for Now" - Recitative: "All Is Ready, Sir" - Arioso: "Dear Father Truelove" - Terzettino: "Laughter and Light"
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I Scene 2
Chorus: "With Air Commanding and Weapon Handy"
Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barker
Recitative and Scene: "Come, Tom" - Chorus: "Soon Dawn Will Glitter" - Recitative: "Sisters of Venus, Brothers of Mars"
John Reardon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Young, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, John Barker, Jean Manning
Cavatina: "Love, too Frequently Betrayed" - Chorus: "How Sad a Song" - Chorus: "The Sun Is Bright, the Grass Is Green"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Young, John Barker, Jean Manning, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney
Chorus: "Lanterloo, My Lady"
Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, John Reardon, John Barker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I Scene 3
Recitative: "No Word from Tom" - Aria: "Quietly, Night" - Recitative: "My Father! Can I Desert Him"
Don Garrard, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Judith Raskin
Cabaletta: "I Go, I Go to Him"
Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Judith Raskin, Peter Tracey, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Kevin J. Miller, Jean Manning, Alexander Young, John Reardon, Regina Sarfaty, Don Garrard
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II Scene 1
Aria: "Vary the Song, O London, Change!" - Recitative: O Nature, Green Unnatural Mother" - Aria (reprise): "Always the Quarry"
Recitative: "Master, Are You Alone?" - Aria: "In Youth the Panting Slave"
Duet-Finale: "My Tale Shall Be Told"
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II Scene 2
Introduction - Recitative: "How Strange" - Arioso: "O Heart Be Stronger"
Duet: "Anne! Here!" - Recitative: "My Love, Am I to Remain in Here for Ever?"
Trio: "Could It Then Have Been Known" - Finale: "I Have Not Run Away"
Regina Sarfaty, John Barker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Young, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, Judith Raskin
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II Scene 3
Aria: "As I Was Saying" - Baba's Song: "Come, Sweet, Come" - Aria: "Scorned! Abused!" - Recitative: "My Heart Is Cold, I Cannot Weep" - Pantomime: "Fa la la" - Recitative: "Oh, I Wish It Were True"
Arioso-Recitative: "You! O Nick, I've Had the Strangest Dream" - Duet: "Thanks to This Excellent Device" - Recitative: "Forgive Me, Master"
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act III Scene 1
"Ruin, Disaster, Shame"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, John Barker, Judith Raskin
"Aha!" - Rec: "Ladies, Both Fair and Gracious" - Aria: "Who Hears Me, Knows Me" - Bidding Scene: "7-11" - Aria: "Behold It, Roman, Moral" - "15-and a Half" - Rec: "Wonderful" - Aria: "An Unknown Object Draws Us"
Kevin J. Miller, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, John Barker, Regina Sarfaty
Aria: "Sold! Annoyed!" - Recitative: "Now What Was That!" - Duet: "You Love Him" - Ballad Tune: "If Boys Had Wings"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Young, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, Regina Sarfaty, Judith Raskin, John Barker, John Reardon, Kevin J. Miller
Stretto-Finale: "I Go to Him" - Ballad Tune (reprise): "Who Cares a Fig"
Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, John Barker, John Reardon, Regina Sarfaty, Alexander Young, Judith Raskin, Kevin J. Miller, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act III Scene 2
Duet: "How Dark and Dreadful Is This Place"
Recitative: "Very Well, Then, My Dear and Good Tom" - Duet: "Well, Then" - "My heart Is Wild with Fear"
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act III Scene 2
"I Burn! I Burn! I Freeze!"
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act III Scene 3
Arioso: "Prepare Yourselves, Heroic Shades" - Dialogue: "Madmen's Words Are All Untrue" - Chorus-Minuet: "Leave All Love and Hope Behind"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Young, John Barker, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney
Recitative: "There He Is. Have no Fear" - Arioso: "I Have Waited" - Duet: "In a Foolish Dream" - Recitative: "I Am Exceedingly Weary"
Peter Tracey, Judith Raskin, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Young
Lullaby: "Gently, Little Boat" - Recitative: "Anne, My Dear, the Tale Is Ended Now" - Duettino: "Every Wearied Body"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, Judith Raskin, Don Garrard
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act III Scene 3
Finale-Recitative: "Where Art Thou, Venus?" - Mourning Chorus: "Mourn for Adonis"
Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Igor Stravinsky, Colin Tilney, John Barker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Young
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Epilogue
"Good People, Just a Moment"
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