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The Rake's Progress (1951)

Libretto: Chester Kallman, Wystan Hugh Auden
Riccardo Chailly, London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta, Philip Langridge (Tenor), Cathryn Pope (Soprano), Samuel Ramey (Bass), Stafford Dean (Bass), Astrid Varnay (Soprano), Sarah Walker (Mezzo Soprano), John Dobson (Tenor), Matthew Best (Bass)
℗ 1984
29 Tracks, 2:15:20

  • Act I

    • Prelude
      00:30
    • 1. 'The woods are green' (Tom Rakewell, Trulove, Anne Trulove)
      04:31
    • 2. 'The old fool!' (Tom Rakewell)
      02:29
    • 3. 'I wish I had money' (Tom Rakewell, Anne Trulove, Nick Shadow)
      06:32
    • 4. 'I'll call the coachman, sir' (Tom Rakewell, Anne Trulove, Nick Shadow, Trulove)
      05:32
    • 5. 'With air commanding and weapon handy' (Chorus)
      02:31
    • 6. 'Come, Tom' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Mother Goose, Chorus)
      04:39
    • 7. 'Love, too frequently betrayed' (Tom Rakewell, Mother Goose)
      03:27
    • 8. 'The sun is bright, the grass is green' (Nick Shadow, Chorus)
      02:18
    • 9. 'No word from Tom' (Trulove, Anne Trulove)
      08:27

  • Act II

    • 1. 'Vary the song, O London, change!' (Tom Rakewell)
      06:34
    • 2. 'I wish I were happy' - "Master, are you alone?' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      06:50
    • 3. Introduction - 'How strange! Although' (Anne Trulove)
      05:29
    • 4. 'Anne! here!' (Tom Rakewell, Anne Trulove)
      02:18
    • 5. 'My love, am I to remain in here for ever?' (Tom Rakewell, Anne Trulove, Baba the Turk, Chorus)
      06:13
    • 6. 'As I was saying, both brothers' (Tom Rakewell, Baba the Turk)
      03:49
    • 7. 'My heart is cold, I cannot weep' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      06:56

  • Act III

    • 1. 'Ruin, Disaster, Shame' (Anne Trulove, Chorus)
      02:40
    • 2. 'Aha!' - 'He's here! The auctioneer' (Sellem)
      05:09
    • 3. 'Ever - Sold! Annoyed!' (Tom Rakewell, Anne Trulove, Nick Shadow, Baba the Turk, Chorus)
      08:32
    • 4. Prelude
      02:02
    • 5. 'How dark and dreadful is this place' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      04:09
    • 6. 'Very well, then, my dear and good Tom' (Tom Rakewell, Anne Trulove, Nick Shadow)
      08:19
    • 7. 'I burn! I burn! I freeze!' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      03:39
    • 8. 'Prepare yourselves, heroic shades' (Tom Rakewell, Chorus)
      03:27
    • 9. 'There he is. Have no fear' (Tom Rakewell, Anne Trulove, Keeper of the Madhouse)
      05:34
    • 10. 'Gently, little boat' (Trulove, Anne Trulove, Chorus)
      05:55
    • 11. 'Where art thou Venus?' (Tom Rakewell, Chorus)
      04:22
    • 12. Epilogue - 'Good people, just a moment' (Tom Rakewell, Anne Trulove, Nick Shadow, Trulove, Baba the Turk)
      02:27