The Rake’s Progress

Album by Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & Sir John Eliot Gardiner & Bryn Terfel & Ian Bostridge & Deborah York & Anne Sofie von Otter & Monteverdi Choir & London Symphony Orchestra

The Rake's Progress is an opera by Igor Stravinsky, first performed in 1951. Written in a neoclassical idiom, it employs clear tonal structures, contrapuntal textures and elements of satirical pastiche that echo eighteenth-century forms, representing a mid-career return to more traditional harmonies in Stravinsky's output and influencing subsequent twentieth-century opera.

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Disc 1

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

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    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. 3.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 3. Recitative: “My heart is cold” (Rakewell)
    0:21
  3. 4.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 3. Pantomime: “Fa la la” (Shadow)
    1:04
  4. 5.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 3. Recitative – Arioso – Recitative: “O, I wish it were true” (Rakewell, Shadow)
    1:44
  5. 6.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 3. Duet: “Thanks to this excellent device” (Rakewell, Shadow)
    1:39
  6. 7.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Two, Scene 3. Recitative: “Forgive me, master, for intruding” (Shadow, Rakewell)
    2:26
  7. 8.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 1. “Ruin. Disaster. Shame” (Crowd, Anne, Sellem)
    3:03
  8. 9.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 1. Recitative: “Ladies both fair and gracious”
    1:28
  9. 10.
    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. 11.
    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. 12.
    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. 13.
    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. 14.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. Prelude
    2:06
  14. 15.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. Duet: “How dark and dreadful is this place” (Rakewell, Shadow)
    4:14
  15. 16.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. Recitative: “Very well then, my dear and good Tom” (Shadow, Rakewell)
    1:05
  16. 17.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. Duet: “Well then” — ”My heart is wild with fear” (Shadow, Rakewell; Anne)
    6:35
  17. 18.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. “I burn, I burn! I freeze!” (Shadow)
    2:17
  18. 19.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 2. “With roses crowned” (Rakewell)
    1:22
  19. 20.
    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. 21.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Recitative: “There he is. Have no fear” (Keeper, Anne, Rakewell)
    0:56
  21. 22.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Arioso: “I have waited” (Rakewell)
    1:01
  22. 23.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Duet: “In a foolish dream” (Rakewell, Anne)
    2:36
  23. 24.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Recitative: “I am exceeding weary” (Rakewell)
    0:57
  24. 25.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Lullaby: “Gently, little boat” (Anne, Madmen)
    3:00
  25. 26.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Recitative: “Anne, my dear” (Trulove, Anne)
    0:50
  26. 27.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Scene 3. Duettino: “Every wearied body” (Anne, Trulove)
    1:38
  27. 28.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Finale. Recitative: “Where art thou, Venus?” (Rakewell, Madmen)
    2:51
  28. 29.
    The Rake’s Progress: Act Three, Finale. Mourning Chorus: “Mourn for Adonis” (Chorus)
    1:39
  29. 30.
    The Rake’s Progress: Epilogue. “Good people, just a moment” (Anne, Baba, Rakewell, Shadow, Trulove)
    2:29

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