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The Rape of Lucretia (6)
Music
Benjamin Britten (31)
Lyrics
Ronald Duncan
Book
Ronald Duncan

Recording Details

Date
1947
Type
Audio / Studio Cast
Method
Studio
Language
English
Location
UK
Conductor
Reginald Goodell
Performer
Joan Cross (6), Dennis Dowling (2), Nancy Evans (5), Norman Lumsden (3), Flora Nielson, Peter Pears (16), Margaret Ritchie (2), Frederick Sharpe
Shortcode
[r21381]

Releases (3)

Title
Peter Grimes (Scenes) / The Rape of Lucretia (Abridged) / Folksong Arrangements
Format
2-CD
Label
EMI Classics 7 64727 2
Released
1994-04-18
Barcode
077776472720
Audio
Mono
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Liner Notes
Eric Crozier (5), John Lucas (4), Nancy Evans (5), Phillip Reed (2)
# Tracks
48
Length
2:35:58
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Shortcode
[rl32107]
Disc 1:
The Rape of Lucretia:
1. Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart -- Peter Pears
2. It is an axiom among kings -- Joan Cross, Peter Pears
3. Here the thirsty evening -- Peter Pears, Norman Lumsden, Denis Dowling, Frederick Sharp (first release)
4. Lucretia! Lucretia! -- Denis Dowling, Peter Pears, Norman Lumsden
5. With you two arm in arm again -- Norman Lumsden, Frederick Sharp, Denis Dowling
6. Interlude: Tarquinius does not wait -- Peter Pears
7. Their spinning-wheel unwinds -- Joan Cross, Nancy Evans, Flora Nielsen, Margaret Ritchie
8. It is better to desire -- Flora Nielsen, Nancy Evans, Margaret Ritchie, Joan Cross
9. The oatmeal slippers of sleep -- Joan Cross, Peter Pears
10. None of the women move -- Joan Cross, Frederick Sharp, Peter Pears, Flora Nielsen, Margaret Ritchie, Nancy Evans
11. She sleeps as a rose -- Joan Cross, Peter Pears
12. Lucretia! . . . What do you want? -- Frederick Sharp, Nancy Evans
13. Go, Tarquinius! -- Joan Cross, Peter Pears, Frederick Sharp, Nancy Evans
14. Interlude: Here in this scene you see -- Joan Cross, Peter Pears
15. Oh! What a lovely day! -- Margaret Ritchie, Flora Nielsen
16. How hideous! Take them away! -- Nancy Evans, Flora Nielsen, Margaret Ritchie
17. Flowers bring to every year -- Nancy Evans, Flora Nielsen
18. Too late, Junius -- Norman Lumsden, Nancy Evans
19. This dead hand lets fall -- Norman Lumsden, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Flora Nielsen, Joan Cross, Peter Pears
20. Is all this suffering and pain -- Joan Cross, Peter Pears
Folksong Arrangements:
21. La belle est au jardin d'amour -- Sophie Wyss
22. Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse -- Sophie Wyss
Disc 2:
1. Voici le printemps -- Sophie Wyss
2. La fileuse -- Sophie Wyss
3. Quand j'étais chez mon père -- Sophie Wyss
4. The Salley Gardens -- Peter Pears
5. Little Sir William -- Peter Pears
6. Oliver Cromwell -- Peter Pears
7. The Ash Grove -- Peter Pears
8. The Bonny Earl o' Moray -- Peter Pears
9. Heigh ho, heigh hi! -- Peter Pears
10. Sweet Polly Oliver -- Peter Pears
11. There's none to soothe -- Peter Pears
12. The Plough Boy -- Peter Pears
13. Come you not from Newcastle? -- Peter Pears
14. The Foggy, Foggy Dew -- Peter Pears
15. The King is gone a-hunting -- Peter Pears
16. O Waly, Waly -- Peter Pears
Peter Grimes (scenes; recorded July, 1948):
17. Whatever you say . . . Let her among you without fault -- Joan Cross (first release)
18. Now the Great Bear and Pleiades -- Peter Pears (first release)
19. Interlude III: Sunday Morning -- Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra
20. Glitter of waves -- Joan Cross, Chorus
21. Wherefore, I pray and beseech you -- Tom Culbert, Chorus, Joan Cross
22. O all ye works of the Lord -- Chorus, Peter Pears, Joan Cross
23. In dreams I've built myself some kindlier home -- Peter Pears (first release)
24. Embroidery in childhood -- Joan Cross
25. Interlude VI
26. Grimes! . . . Steady. There you are -- Chorus, Peter Pears, Joan Cross
Format
9-78
Label
HMV C 3699-3706
Released
1948
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Shortcode
[rl32046]
Format
LP
Label
Music for Pleasure MFP2119
Audio
Mono
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