The Rake’s Progress

Album by Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky & Saito Kinen Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa

The Rake's Progress is an opera by Igor Stravinsky that premiered in 1951. Composed in his neoclassical idiom, the work draws on 18th-century operatic forms with transparent, chamber-like orchestration and tonal references, and it sits in Stravinsky's mid-career output before his later move towards serial techniques.
First released: 1996

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 1, Prelude: Prelude
    0:31
  2. 2.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 2, Scene 3: “As I was saying, both brothers..”
    3:55
  3. 3.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 2, Scene 3: “My heart is cold, I cannot weep”
    6:56
  4. 4.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 1, Scene 1: “The woods are green”
    4:22
  5. 5.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 1, Scene 1: “The old fool!”
    2:37
  6. 6.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Scene 1: “Ruin, Disaster, Shame”
    2:45
  7. 7.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Scene 1: “Aha!”… “He’s here! The auctioneer”
    5:29
  8. 8.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 1, Scene 1: “I wish I had money”
    6:24
  9. 9.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 1, Scene 1: “I’ll call the coachman, sir”
    5:19
  10. 10.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Scene 1: “…ever - Sold! Annoyed!”
    8:36
  11. 11.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Scene 2: Prelude
    2:00
  12. 12.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 1, Scene 2: “With air commanding and weapon handy”
    2:34
  13. 13.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 1, Scene 2: “Come, Tom”
    5:07
  14. 14.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Scene 2: “How dark and dreadful is this place”
    4:05
  15. 15.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Scene 2: “Very well, then, my dear and good Tom”
    8:03
  16. 16.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 1, Scene 2: “Love, too frequently betrayed”
    3:34
  17. 17.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 1, Scene 2: “The sun is bright, the grass is green”
    2:13
  18. 18.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Scene 2: “I burn! I burn! I freeze!”
    3:30
  19. 19.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Scene 3: “Prepare yourselves, heroic shades”
    3:17
  20. 20.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 1, Scene 3: “No word from Tom”
    8:16
  21. 21.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Scene 3: “There he is. Have no fear”
    6:00
  22. 22.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 2, Scene 1: “Vary the song, O London, change!”
    6:29
  23. 23.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 2, Scene 1: “I wish I were happy” - “Master, are you alone?”
    6:53
  24. 24.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Scene 3: “Gently, little boat”
    5:58
  25. 25.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 2, Scene 2: Introduction - “How strange! Although…”
    5:34
  26. 26.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Scene 3: “Where art thou Venus?”
    4:35
  27. 27.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 3, Epilogue: “Good people, just a moment”
    2:26
  28. 28.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 2, Scene 2: “Anne! here!”
    2:16
  29. 29.
    The Rake’s Progress, Act 2, Scene 2: “My love, am I to remain in here for ever?”
    6:28