Britten: The Rape of LucretiaยทAldeburgh Festival Ensemble

  1. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene I: Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart

    Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge

    02:29

  2. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene I: It is an axiom among kings

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

    02:28

  3. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene I: Here the thirsty evening has drunk the wine of light

    Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge

    02:33

  4. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene I: Who reaches heaven first is the best philosopher

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

    02:23

  5. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene I: Maria was unmasked at a masked ball

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

    04:23

  6. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene I: Collatinus is politically astute

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

    04:14

  7. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene I: Goodnight!....There goes a happy man!

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

    03:59

  8. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene I: Tarquinius does not dare

    Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge

    02:14

  9. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene I: My horse! My horse! - Interlude: Tarquinius does not wait

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

    02:58

  10. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene II: Their spinning wheel unwinds

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

    05:21

  11. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene II: Listen! I heard a knock

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

    02:46

  12. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene II: Ah... Time treads upon the hands of women

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

    03:26

  13. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene II: The oatmeal slippers of sleep

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

    01:50

  14. Rape of Lucretia, Act I, Scene II: Lucia runs to the door

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

    05:21

  15. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene I: The prosperity of the Etruscans was due

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

    07:28

  16. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene I: She sleeps as a rose upon the night

    Oliver Knussen, Susan Gritton, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

    02:59

  17. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene I: When Tarquinius desires

    Oliver Knussen, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Ian Bostridge

    02:11

  18. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene I: Within this frail crucible of light

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

    04:01

  19. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene I: Lucretia!...What do you want?

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

    05:47

  20. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene I: Interlude: Here in this scene you see

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

    03:51

  21. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene II: Oh! What a lovely day!

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

    05:55

  22. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene II: Good morning, my lady

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

    03:27

  23. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene II: Flowers bring to every year

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

    03:18

  24. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene II: You were right. Tarquinius took one of the horses

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

    02:39

  25. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene II: Lucretia! O, never again must we two dare to part

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

    04:50

  26. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene II: Last night Tarquinius ravished me

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

    03:28

  27. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene II: This dead hand lets fall

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

    03:57

  28. Rape of Lucretia, Act II, Scene II: Epilogue: Is it all?

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

    05:11