The Rake's Progress

Album by Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & Kent Nagano & Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon

The Rake's Progress is an opera by Igor Stravinsky, first performed in 1951. Musically, it exemplifies Stravinsky's neoclassical phase through clear tonal centres, transparent orchestration and frequent reference to eighteenth-century forms, and it represents a key stage work in his mid-twentieth-century output that synthesises his rhythmic precision with historical models.
First released: 2010

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 3: Aria: As I was saying (Baba, Tom)
    1:49
  2. 2.
    The Rake's Progress: Prelude
    0:32
  3. 3.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 3: Baba's Song: Come, sweet, come, why so glum? (Baba, Tom)
    0:25
  4. 4.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: Duet and Trio: The woods are green (Anne, Tom, Trulove)
    3:34
  5. 5.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: Recitative: Anne, my dear - Yes, Father? (Trulove, Anne, Tom)
    0:52
  6. 6.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 3: Aria: Scorned! Abused! (Baba)
    1:37
  7. 7.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: Recitative and Aria: Here I stand, my constitution sound (Tom)
    0:58
  8. 8.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 3: Recitative: My heart is cold (Tom)
    0:23
  9. 9.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: Since it is not by merit we rise or we fall (Tom)
    1:43
  10. 10.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 3: Pantomime: Fa la la... (Shadow)
    0:59
  11. 11.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: Recitative: Tom Rakewell? - I... (Shadow, Tom)
    1:16
  12. 12.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 3: O I wish it were true (Tom) - Recitative - Arioso - Recitative: Awake? (Shadow, Tom)
    1:49
  13. 13.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 3: Duet: Thanks to this excellent device (Tom, Shadow)
    1:39
  14. 14.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: Recitative and Quartet: Fair lady, gracious gentlemen (Shadow)
    1:56
  15. 15.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 3: Recitative: Forgive me, master (Shadow, Tom)
    2:03
  16. 16.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: I wished but once (Tom, Shadow, Anne, Trulove)
    3:14
  17. 17.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 1: Chorus: What curious phenomena - Blasted! (Citizens)
    1:43
  18. 18.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: Recitiative: I'll call the coachman, sir (Shadow, Trulove)
    0:10
  19. 19.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: Duettino: Farewell for now (Anne, Tom)
    1:17
  20. 20.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 1: Do you know where Tom Rakewell is? (Anne, Citizens, Sellem)
    1:16
  21. 21.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: Recitiative: All is ready, sir (Shadow, Tom)
    0:43
  22. 22.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 1: Recitative: Ladies, both fair and gracious (Sellem)
    1:26
  23. 23.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: Arioso and Terzettino: Dear father Trulove (Tom)
    1:40
  24. 24.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 1: Aria and Bidding Scene: Who hears me, knows me (Sellem, Citizens, Baba)
    3:31
  25. 25.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 1: Aria: Sold! Annoyed! (Baba, Citizens, Tom, Shadow)
    0:59
  26. 26.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 1: Laughter and light (Anne, Tom, Trulove, Shadow)
    1:26
  27. 27.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 2: Chorus: With air commanding (Roaring boys, Whores)
    2:32
  28. 28.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 1: Recitative: Now what was that? (Sellem, Citizens, Baba, Anne)
    1:05
  29. 29.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 1: Duet: You love him, seek to set him right (Baba, Anne, Sellem, Citizens)
    1:52
  30. 30.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 2: Recitative and Scene: Come, Tom, I would fain (Tom, Mother Goose)
    3:10
  31. 31.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 2: Chorus: Soon dawn will glitter (Whores, Roaring boys)
    0:40
  32. 32.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 1: I shall go back (Baba, Anne, Citizens, Sellem)
    1:48
  33. 33.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 2: Recitative: Sisters of Venus, Brothers of Mars (Shadow)
    0:50
  34. 34.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 1: Ballad Tune: If boys had wings and girls had stings (Tom, Shadow, Anne, Baba, Sellem, Citizens)
    0:24
  35. 35.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 1: Stretto-Finale: I go to him (Anne, Baba, Sellem, Citizens)
    0:58
  36. 36.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 2: Cavatina: Love, too frequently betrayed (Tom)
    2:44
  37. 37.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 2: Chorus: How sad a song (Whores, Mother Goose)
    0:58
  38. 38.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 1: Ballad Tune (reprise) Who cares a fig for Tory or Whig? (Tom, Shadow, Baba, Citizens)
    1:02
  39. 39.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 2: Chorus: The sun is bright (Whores, Roaring boys, Shadow)
    2:14
  40. 40.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 2: Prelude
    2:12
  41. 41.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 2: Duet: How dark and dreadrul is this place (Tom, Shadow)
    4:07
  42. 42.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 3: Recitative and Aria: Has love no voice? (Anne)
    2:17
  43. 43.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 2: Recitative: Very well (Shadow, Tom)
    1:17
  44. 44.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 3: Quietly, night (Anne)
    2:12
  45. 45.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 3: Recitative: My father! Can I desert him (Anne)
    1:06
  46. 46.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 2: Duet: Well then - My heart is wild (Shadow, Tom, Anne)
    7:15
  47. 47.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 2: I burn, I burn! I freeze! (Shadow)
    2:03
  48. 48.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 1: Scene 3: Cabaletta: I go, I go to him (Anne)
    2:58
  49. 49.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 1: Aria: Vary the song, O London, change! (Tom)
    3:08
  50. 50.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 2: With roses crowned (Tom)
    1:25
  51. 51.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Arioso: Prepare yourselves, heroic shades (Tom)
    1:52
  52. 52.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 1: Recitative: O Nature, green unnatural mother (Tom)
    2:18
  53. 53.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Dialogue: Madmen's words are all untrue (Madmen, Tom)
    0:24
  54. 54.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 1: Aria: Always the quarry that I stalk (Tom)
    1:47
  55. 55.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 1: Recitative: Master, are you alone? (Shadow, Tom)
    1:13
  56. 56.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Chorus-Minuet: Leave all love and hope behind (Madmen)
    1:17
  57. 57.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 1: Come, master, observe the host of mankind (Shadow)
    1:13
  58. 58.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Recitative: There he is (Keeper, Anne, Tom)
    0:56
  59. 59.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Arioso: I have waited for thee so long (Tom)
    1:14
  60. 60.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 1: Aria: In youth the panting slave pursues (Shadow)
    2:10
  61. 61.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Duet: In a foolish dream (Tom, Anne)
    2:42
  62. 62.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 1: Duet-Finale: My tale shall be told (Tom, Shadow)
    2:12
  63. 63.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 2: Prelude
    1:46
  64. 64.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Recitative quasi Arioso: I am exceeding weary (Tom)
    1:12
  65. 65.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 2: Recitative and Arioso: How strange! Although the heart for love dare everything (Anne)
    2:48
  66. 66.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Lullaby: Gently, little boat (Anne, Madmen)
    2:59
  67. 67.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Recitative: Anne, my dear (Truelove, Anne)
    0:52
  68. 68.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 2: What can this mean? (Anne)
    0:49
  69. 69.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 2: Duet: Anne! here! (Tom, Anne)
    2:26
  70. 70.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Duettino: Every wearied body must (Anne, Truelove)
    1:42
  71. 71.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Finale: Where art thou, Venus? (Tom, Madmen)
    3:28
  72. 72.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 2: Recitative: My Love, am I to remain in here for ever? (Baba, Anne, Tom)
    1:03
  73. 73.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 2: Trio: Could it then have been known (Anne, Tom, Baba)
    3:18
  74. 74.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Mourning Chorus: Mourn for Adonis! (Madmen)
    1:15
  75. 75.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 2: Scene 2: Finale: I have not run away, dear heart (Baba, Tom, Town people)
    2:15
  76. 76.
    The Rake's Progress: Act 3: Scene 3: Epilogue: Good people, just a moment (Anne, Baba, Tom, Shadow, Trulove)
    2:33

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