The rake's progress / Igor Stravinsky.

Author/creator Stravinsky, Igor composer, conductor.
Format Audio (CD)
Publication[Portugal] : Gala, [2000]
Copyright Date℗2000
Description2 audio discs (152 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorAuden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 librettist.
Other author/creatorKallman, Chester, 1921-1975 librettist.
Other author/creatorArié, Raffaele, performer.
Other author/creatorSchwarzkopf, Elisabeth, performer.
Other author/creatorRounseville, Robert, performer.
Other author/creatorKraus, Otakar, 1909-1980, performer.
Other author/creatorTangeman, Nell, performer.
Other author/creatorTourel, Jennie, performer.
Other author/creatorCuénod, Hugues, performer.
Other author/creatorMenkes, Emanuel, performer.
Other author/creatorTeatro alla Scala, performer.
Contents Disc 1 (77:55). Act one. Prelude (0:37) -- The woods are green... (Anne, Tom, Truelove) (4:53) -- Here I stand... (Tom) (2:55) -- Tom Rakewell? (Nick Shadow, Tom, Anne, Truelove) (8:00) -- Farewell for now... (Anne, Tom, Nick Shadow, Truelove) (5:26) -- With air commanding (Chorus) (2:43) -- Come, Tom (Shadow, Tom, Mother Goose, Roaring Boys and Whores) (5:32) -- Cavatina: Love, too frequently betrayed... (Tom, Chorus) (3:48) -- The sun is bright (Chorus, Shadow) (3:23) -- No word from Tom (Anne) (6:32) -- Cabaletta: I go to him (Anne) (3:00) -- Act two. Vary the song, o London, change! (Tom) (7:42) -- Master, are you alone? (Nick Shadow, Tom) (5:09) -- My tale shall be told (Tom, Nick Shadow) (2:46) -- How strange! (Anne) (5:50) -- Duet: Anne! Here! (Tom, Anne, Baba) (3:32) -- Trio: Could it then have been known (Anne, Tom, Baba, Chorus, Chorus) (5:59).
Contents Disc 2 (74:23). Act two (cont.). As I was saying (Baba, Tom, Nick Shadow) (6:00) -- You! O Nick, I've had the strangest dream (Tom, Nick Shadow) (6:23) -- Act three. What curious phenomena are up today for sale (Chorus, Anne) (3:04) -- Aha!... He's here (Sellem, Crowd, Baba) (6:06) -- Sold! Annoyed! I've caught you! Thieving! (Baba, Tom, Nick Shadow, Sellem and Crowd, Anne, Chorus) (6:52) -- I go to him (Anne, Baba, Sellem, Chorus, Tom, Nick Shadow) (2:25) -- Prelude (1:54) -- How dark and dreadful is this place (Tom, Nick Shadow) (4:23) -- Very well, then, my dear (Nick Shadow, Tom) (9:15) -- I burn! I freeze! (Nick Shadow, Tom) (3:56) -- Prepare yourselves, heroic shades (Tom, Chorus) (3:59) -- There he is. Have no fear. He is not dangerous (Keeper, Anne, Tom) (5:59) -- Lullaby: Gently, little boat... (Anne, Chorus, Truelove) (5:43) -- Where art thou, Venus? (Tom, Chorus) (5:24) -- Epilogue: Good people, just a moment... (Anne, Baba, Tom, Truelove, Nick Shadow) (2:48).
General noteOpera in three acts.
General noteLibretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman.
General noteCompact discs; analog recording.
General noteNotes by Paul Janssen and Paul Korenhof (16 pages : illustrations) in container.
Performer Raphaël Arié, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Robert Rounseville, Otakar Kraus, Nell Tangeman, Jennie Tourel, Hugues Cuénod, Emanuel Menkes ; Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ; Igor Stravinsky, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 11 September, 1951, Teatro la Fenice, Venice.
LanguageSung in English.
Standard identifier# 8712177038022
Publisher numberGL 100.567 Gala

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