Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - The Rake's Progress (1999)
Cover Front Album
Composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra / Ensemble I London Symphony Orchestra
Length 133:12
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Opera
Chorus I The Monteverdi Choir
Index 517
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Terfel; Bostridge; York; von Otter; Howells; Robson; Bronder; Clarkson
Credits
Producer Nicholas Parker
Label Deutsche Grammophon
Track List
The Rake's Progress 67:30
01 Prelude 00:31
02 Act I: Scene 1: Duet and Trio "The woods are green" 03:28
03 Act I: Scene 1: Recitative "Anne, my dear" 00:52
04 Act I: Scene 1: Recitative "Here I stand"; Aria "Since it is not by merit" 02:33
05 Act I: Scene 1: Recitative "Tome Rakewell?" 01:15
06 Act I: Scene 1: Recitative "Fair lady, gracious gentlemen"; Quartet "I wished but once" 04:59
07 Act I: Scene 1: Recitative "I'll call the coachman, sir" 00:10
08 Act I: Scene 1: Duettino "Farewell for now" 01:14
09 Act I: Scene 1: Recitative "All is ready, sir" 00:45
10 Act I: Scene 1: Arioso "Dear father Truelove"; Terzettino "Laughter and light" 02:53
11 Act I: Scene 2: Chorus "With air commanding and weapon handy" 02:30
12 Act I: Scene 2: Recitative and Scene "Come, Tom" 03:17
13 Act I: Scene 2: Chorus "Soon dawn will glitter" 00:36
14 Act I: Scene 2: Recitative "Sisters of Venus, Brothers of Mars" 00:56
15 Act I: Scene 2: Cavatina "Love, too frequently betrayed" 02:44
16 Act I: Scene 2: Chorus "How sad a song" 01:04
17 Act I: Scene 2: Chorus "The sun is bright, the grass is green" 02:05
18 Act I: Scene 3: Recitative "No word from Tom" 01:56
19 Act I: Scene 3: Aria "Quietly, night" 02:11
20 Act I: Scene 3: Recitative "My father! Can I desert him" 01:00
21 Act I: Scene 3: Cabaletta "I go, I go to him" 02:49
22 Act II: Scene 1: Aria "Vary the song, O London" 02:50
23 Act II: Scene 1: Recitative "O Nature, green unnatural mother" 02:23
24 Act II: Scene 1: Aria [reprise] "Always the quarry that I stalk" 01:34
25 Act II: Scene 1: Recitative "Master, are you alone?" 01:07
26 Act II: Scene 1: "Come, master, observe the host of mankind" 01:11
27 Act II: Scene 1: Aria "In youth the panting slave pursues" 01:58
28 Act II: Scene 1: Duet-Finale "My tale shall be told" 02:21
29 Act II: Scene 2: [Introduction] 01:50
30 Act II: Scene 2: Recitative "How strange!"; Arioso "O heart be stronger" 03:28
31 Act II: Scene 2: Duet "Anne! here!" 02:31
32 Act II: Scene 2: Recitative "My love, am I to remain in here for ever?" 00:58
33 Act II: Scene 2: Trio "Could it then have been known" 03:07
34 Act II: Scene 2: Finale "I have not run away" 02:24
The Rake's Progress 65:42
01 Act II: Scene 3: Aria "As I was saying"; Baba's Song "Come, sweet, come"; Aria "Scorned! Abused!" 03:33
02 Act II: Scene 3: Recitative "My heart is cold" 00:21
03 Act II: Scene 3: Pantomime "Fa la la" 01:03
04 Act II: Scene 3: Recitative - Arioso - Recitative "O, I wish it were true" 01:43
05 Act II: Scene 3: Duet "Thanks to this excellent device" 01:38
06 Act II: Scene 3: Recitative "Forgive me, master, for intruding" 02:26
07 Act III: Scene 1: "Ruin. Disaster. Shame" 03:02
08 Act III: Scene 1: Recitative "Ladies both fair and gracious" 01:27
09 Act III: Scene 1: Aria "Who hears me, knows me"; Bidding Scene "Seven - eleven"; Aria "Behold it, Roman, moral"; Bidding Scene "Fifteen - and a half"; Recitative "Wonderful"; Aria (continued) "An unknown object draws us"; Final Bidding Scene "Fifty - fifty-five" 03:30
10 Act III: Scene 1: Aria "Sold! Annoyed!"; Recitative "Now what was that!" 02:12
11 Act III: Scene 1: Duet "You love him"; Ballad Tune "If boys had wings" 04:02
12 Act III: Scene 1: Stretto-Finale "I go to him"; Ballad Tune [reprise] "Who cares a fig" 01:52
13 Act III: Scene 2: Prelude 02:06
14 Act III: Scene 2: Duet "How dard and dreadful is this place" 04:14
15 Act III: Scene 2: Recitative "Very well then, my dear and good Tom" 01:04
16 Act III: Scene 2: Duet "Well, then" "My heart is wild with fear" 06:35
17 Act III: Scene 2: "I burn, I burn! I freeze!" 02:16
18 Act III: Scene 2: "With roses crowned" 01:22
19 Act III: Scene 3: Arioso "Prepare yourselves, heroic shades"; Dialog "Madmen's words are all unture"; Chorus - Menuet "Leave all love and hope behind" 03:22
20 Act III: Scene 3: Recitative "There he is. Have no fear" 00:56
21 Act III: Scene 3: Arioso "I have waited" 01:01
22 Act III: Scene 3: Duet "In a foolish dream" 02:35
23 Act III: Scene 3: Recitative "I am exceeding weary" 00:56
24 Act III: Scene 3: Lullaby "Gently, little boat" 03:00
25 Act III: Scene 3: Recitative "Anne, my dear" 00:50
26 Act III: Scene 3: Duettino "Every wearied body" 01:38
27 Act III: Finale: Recitative "Where art thou, Venus?" 02:51
28 Act III: Finale: Mourning Chorus "Mourn for Adonis" 01:39
29 Epilogue: "Good people, just a moment" 02:28
Personal
Purchase Date 12/21/2002
Value $34.50
Store Columbia House
Condition 100%
Librettist W. H. Auden
Nationality Russian
"Form" Opera in Three Acts
Language English
Period 20th Century
Details
Studio Abbey Road, London
Catalog Number 459 648-2
Live No
Recording Date 6/1/1997
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Tom Rakewell: Ian Bostridge
Anne Trulove: Deborah York
Nick Shadow: Bryn Terfel
Baba the Turk: Anne Sofie von Otter
Mother Goose: Anne Howells
Truelove: Martin Robson
Sellem: Peter Bronder
Keeper of the Madhouse: Julian Clarkson

Anthony Legge: Harpsichord

Notes, illustrations, text and translations

Essay: "'The Opera's Own Qualities': Reflections on 'The Rake's Progress'" by Joseph Kerman