CDs with: Bainbridge, Elizabeth

Peter Grimes : op. 33 / Benjamin Britten.

CD 1924

Phaedra ; The rape of Lucretia / Britten.

disc 1. Phaedra. In May, in brilliant Athens (6:37) ; Oh Gods of wrath (2:51) ; My time's too short, your highness (5:56) ; The rape of Lucretia. Act one. Scene 1. Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart (2:38) ; It is an axiom among kings (2:33) ; Here the thirsty evening (2:54) ; Who reaches heaven first (2:33) ; Maria was unmasked at a masked ball (4:14) ; Collatinus is politically astute (4:29) ; There goes a happy man! (4:15) ; Tarquinius does not dare (2:26) ; My horse! My horse!-- Tarquinius does not wait (3:07) ; Scene 2. Their spinning-wheel unwinds (5:19) ; Listen! I heard a knock (2:35) ; Time treads upon the hands of women (3:42) ; The oatmeal slippers of sleep (7:37) -- disc 2. The rape of Lucretia. Act two. Scene 1. The prosperity of the Etruscans (7:19) ; She sleeps as a rose (5:26) ; Within this frail crucible of light (4:26) ; Lucretia!-- what do you want? (5:57) ; Interlude : Here in this scene (4:07) ; Scene 2. Oh! What a lovely day! (4:27) ; We'll leave the orchids for Lucretia (4:59) ; Flowers bring to every year (3:24) ; You were right (3:52) ; Lucretia! Lucretia! (2:57) ; Last night Tarquinius ravished me (3:30) ; This dead hand lets fall (4:09) ; Epilogue : Is it all? (5:20).

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