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Offer,Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, and Phaedra

Janet Baker (Lucretia), Peter Pears (Male Chorus), Heather Harper (Female Chorus), Benjamin Luxon (Tarquinius), Bryan Drake (Junius), John Shirley-Quirk (Collatinus), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Bianca), Jenny Hill (Lucia)

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford

two outstanding performances by Dame Janet Baker, recorded at the peak of her career...Luxon makes the selfish Tarquinius into a living character...The seductive beauty of the writing - Britten... — Penguin Guide, 2010 edition, 3 out of 4 stars More…
  • Catalogue No: 4256662
  • Label: Decca
  • Series: Opera Sets
  • Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

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Contents

Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93

Work length15:22
$3.30
$4.50
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Steuart Bedford
  • Recorded: 1977-03-31
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Petersham, Surrey

In May, In Brilliant Athens

Track length6:37
$1.10
$1.50

Oh Gods Of Wrath

Track length2:50
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$1.50

My Time's Too Short, Your Highness

Track length5:55
$1.10
$1.50

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

Work length1:48:02
$28.60
$39.00
  • Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Peter Pears (tenor), Jenny Hill (soprano), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Bryan Drake (baritone), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1970-07-20
  • Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk

"Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart"

Track length2:38
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"It Is An Axiom Among Kings"

Track length2:33
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"Here the Thirsty Evening"

Track length2:53
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"Who Reaches Heaven First"

Track length2:32
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$1.50

"Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball"

Track length4:13
$1.10
$1.50

"Collatinus Is Politically Astute"

Track length4:29
$1.10
$1.50

"There Goes a Happy Man!"

Track length4:14
$1.10
$1.50

"Tarquinius Does Not Dare"

Track length2:26
$1.10
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"My Horse! My Horse! Tarquinius Does Not Wait"

Track length3:06
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"Their Spinning-Wheel Unwinds"

Track length5:19
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"Listen! I Heard a Knock"

Track length2:34
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"Time Treads Upon the Hands Of Women"

Track length3:42
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"The Oatmeal Slippers Of Sleep"

Track length7:37
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"The Prosperity Of the Etruscans"

Track length7:19
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"She Sleeps As a Rose"

Track length5:25
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"Within This Frail Crucible Of Light"

Track length4:25
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"Lucretia!...What Do You Want?"

Track length5:57
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Interlude: "Here In This Scene"

Track length4:06
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"Oh! What a Lovely Day!"

Track length4:26
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"We'll Leave the Orchids For Lucretia"

Track length4:59
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"Flowers Bring To Every Year"

Track length3:24
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"You Were Right"

Track length3:51
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"Lucretia! Lucretia!"

Track length2:57
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"Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me"

Track length3:29
$1.10
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"This Dead Hand Lets Fall"

Track length4:08
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Epilogue: "Is It All?"

Track length5:20
$1.10
$1.50

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