‎Britten: The Rape of Lucretia by Angelika Kirchschlager

Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart

Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen, Ian Bostridge

2:28

It Is an Axiom Among Kings

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

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

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

2:23

Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball

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

4:23

Collatinus Is Politically Astute

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

4:14

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

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

3:59

Tarquinius Does Not Dare

Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen, Ian Bostridge

2:14

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

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

2:58

Their Spinning Wheel Unwinds

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

5:21

Listen! I Heard a Knock

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

2:46

Ah... Time Treads Upon the Hands of Women

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

3:26

the Oatmeal Slippers of Sleep

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

1:50

Lucia Runs to the Door

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

5:21

the Prosperity of the Etruscans Was Due

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

7:28

She Sleeps As a Rose Upon the Night

Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen, Susan Gritton

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, Oliver Knussen, Susan Gritton

4:01

Lucretia!...What Do You Want?

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

5:47

Interlude. Here in This Scene You See

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

3:51

Oh! What a Lovely Day!

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

5:55

Good Morning, My Lady

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

3:27

Flowers Bring to Every Year

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

3:18

You Were Right. Tarquinius Took One of the Horses

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

2:39

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

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

4:50

Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me

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

3:28

This Dead Hand Lets Fall

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

3:57

Epilogue: Is It All?

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

5:11

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Angelika Kirchschlager

Soprano
Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone
Ian Bostridge

Tenor
Claire Booth

Soprano

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