The Rake’s Progress

by Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский; Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Bryn Terfel, Ian Bostridge, Deborah York, Anne Sofie von Otter, Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. The Rake’s Progress: Prelude0:31
  2. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 1. Duet and Trio: “The woods are green” (Anne, Rakewell, Trulove)3:28
  3. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 1. Recitative: “Anne, my dear” (Trulove, Anne, Rakewell)0:52
  4. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 1. Recitative: “Here I stand” (Rakewell) / Aria: “Since it is not by merit" (Rakewell)2:33
  5. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 1. Recitative: “Tom Rakewell?” (Shadow, Rakewell)1:15
  6. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 1. Recitative: “Fair lady, gracious gentlemen” (Shadow) / Quartet: “I wished but once” (Rakewell, Shadow, Anne, Trulove)5:00
  7. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 1. Recitative: “I’ll call the coachman, sir” (Shadow, Trulove)0:11
  8. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 1. Duettino: “Farewell for now” (Anne, Rakewell)1:14
  9. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 1. Recitative: “All is ready, sir” (Shadow, Rakewell)0:46
  10. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 1. Arioso: “Dear father Trulove” (Rakewell) / Terzettino: “Laughter and light” (Rakewell, Anne, Trulove; Shadow)2:54
  11. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 2. Chorus: “With air commanding and weapon handy” (Roaring Boys, Whores)2:30
  12. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative and Scene: “Come, Tom” (Shadow, Rakewell, Mother Goose)3:17
  13. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 2. Chorus: “Soon dawn will glitter” (Whores, Roaring Boys)0:37
  14. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative: “Sisters of Venus, Brothers of Mars” (Shadow)0:56
  15. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 2. Cavatina: “Love, too frequently betrayed” (Rakewell)2:44
  16. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 2. Chorus: “How sad a song” (Whores, Mother Goose)1:05
  17. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 2. Chorus: “The sun is bright, the grass is green” (Whores, Roaring Boys; Shadow)2:06
  18. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative: “No word from Tom” (Anne)1:56
  19. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 2. Aria: “Quietly, night” (Anne; Trulove)2:11
  20. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 2. Recitative: “My father! Can I desert him” (Anne)1:01
  21. The Rake’s Progress: Act One, Scene 2. Cabaletta: “I go, I go to him” (Anne)2:49
  22. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 1. Aria: “Vary the song, O London” (Rakewell)2:51
  23. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 1. Recitative: “O Nature, green unnatural mother” (Rakewell)2:24
  24. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 1. Aria (reprise): “Always the quarry that I stalk” (Rakewell)1:34
  25. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 1. Recitative: “Master, are you alone?” (Shadow, Rakewell)1:07
  26. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 1. “Come, master, observe the host of mankind” (Shadow)1:11
  27. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 1. Aria: “In youth the panting slave pursues” (Shadow)1:59
  28. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 1. Duet–Finale: “My tale shall be told” (Rakewell, Shadow)2:21
  29. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 2. [Introduction]1:51
  30. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 2. Recitative: “How strange!" (Anne) / Arioso: “O heart be stronger” (Anne)3:28
  31. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 2. Duet: “Anne! here!” (Rakewell, Anne)2:32
  32. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 2. Recitative: “My love, am I to remain in here for ever?” (Baba; Anne, Rakewell)0:59
  33. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 2. Trio: “Could it then have been known” (Anne, Rakewell, Baba)3:07
  34. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 2. Finale: “I have not run away” (Baba, Rakewell, Voices, Town People)2:24

CD 2

  1. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 3. Aria: “As I was saying” (Baba; Rakewell) / Baba’s Song: “Come, sweet, come” (Baba; Rakewell) / Aria: “Scorned! Abused!” (Baba)3:33
  2. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 3. Recitative: “My heart is cold” (Rakewell)0:21
  3. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 3. Pantomime: “Fa la la” (Shadow)1:04
  4. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 3. Recitative – Arioso – Recitative: “O, I wish it were true” (Rakewell, Shadow)1:44
  5. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 3. Duet: “Thanks to this excellent device” (Rakewell, Shadow)1:39
  6. The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 3. Recitative: “Forgive me, master, for intruding” (Shadow, Rakewell)2:26
  7. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 1. “Ruin. Disaster. Shame” (Crowd, Anne, Sellem)3:03
  8. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 1. Recitative: “Ladies both fair and gracious”1:28
  9. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 1. Aria: “Who hears me, knows me” (Sellem; Crowd) / Bidding Scene: “Seven — eleven” (Crowd, Sellem) / Aria: “Behold it, Roman, moral” (Sellem; Crowd) / Bidding Scene: “Fifteen — and a half” (Crowd, Sellem) / Recitative: “Wonderful” (Sellem) / Aria (continued): “An unknown object draws us” (Sellem; Crowd) / “Fifty — fifty‐five” (Crowd, Sellem, Baba)3:31
  10. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 1. Aria: “Sold! Annoyed!” (Baba; Crowd; Rakewell, Shadow) / Recitative: “Now what was that!” (Crowd, Baba, Anne, Sellem)2:12
  11. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 1. Duet: “You love him” (Baba, Anne, Crowd, Sellem) / Ballad Tune: “If boys had wings” (Rakewell, Shadow, Anne, Baba, Sellem, Crowd)4:02
  12. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 1. Stretto–Finale: “I go to him” (Anne, Baba, Sellem, Crowd / Ballad Tune (reprise): “Who cares a fig” (Rakewell, Shadow, Baba, Crowd)1:53
  13. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. Prelude2:06
  14. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. Duet: “How dark and dreadful is this place” (Rakewell, Shadow)4:14
  15. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. Recitative: “Very well then, my dear and good Tom” (Shadow, Rakewell)1:05
  16. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. Duet: “Well then” — ”My heart is wild with fear” (Shadow, Rakewell; Anne)6:35
  17. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. “I burn, I burn! I freeze!” (Shadow)2:17
  18. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. “With roses crowned” (Rakewell)1:22
  19. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Arioso: “Prepare yourselves, heroic shades” (Rakewell) / Dialogue: “Madmen’s words are all untrue” (Madmen, Rakewell) / Chorus – Minuet: “Leave all love and hope behind” (Madmen)3:22
  20. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Recitative: “There he is. Have no fear” (Keeper, Anne, Rakewell)0:56
  21. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Arioso: “I have waited” (Rakewell)1:01
  22. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Duet: “In a foolish dream” (Rakewell, Anne)2:36
  23. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Recitative: “I am exceeding weary” (Rakewell)0:57
  24. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Lullaby: “Gently, little boat” (Anne, Madmen)3:00
  25. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Recitative: “Anne, my dear” (Trulove, Anne)0:50
  26. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Duettino: “Every wearied body” (Anne, Trulove)1:38
  27. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Finale. Recitative: “Where art thou, Venus?” (Rakewell, Madmen)2:51
  28. The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Finale. Mourning Chorus: “Mourn for Adonis” (Chorus)1:39
  29. The Rake’s Progress: Epilogue. “Good people, just a moment” (Anne, Baba, Rakewell, Shadow, Trulove)2:29