Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Igor Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress," a neoclassical masterpiece that showcases the composer's unparalleled orchestral prowess. This album, released on January 1, 1996, under Warner Classics, is a complete recording of Stravinsky's opera, a tale of rakes and redemption set to some of the most intricate and beautiful music of the 20th century. Spanning a duration of 1 hour and 28 minutes, the album is a journey through the life of Tom Rakewell, a man who squanders his inheritance in a hedonistic pursuit of pleasure, only to face the consequences of his actions. Stravinsky's score is a blend of wit, irony, and profound emotional depth, with each track offering a glimpse into the complex characters and their intertwined destinies. From the hauntingly beautiful arias to the lively choruses, this album is a testament to Stravinsky's genius and his enduring influence on classical music. Whether you're a seasoned fan of neoclassical works or a newcomer to the genre, "The Rake's Progress" is an essential addition to any music collection, offering a rich and rewarding listening experience.
Tracks
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I: PreludeIgor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Duet and Trio. "The Woods Are Green" (Anne, Tom, Trulove)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Jerry Hadley, Robert Lloyd, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Recitative. "Anne, My Dear" (Trulove, Anne, Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Jerry Hadley, Robert Lloyd, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Recitative. "Here I Stand" (Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Aria. "Since It Is Not by Merit" (Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Recitative. "Tom Rakewell?" (Nick, Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Recitative. "Fair Lady, Gracious Gentlemen" (Nick)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Quartet. "I Wished but Once" (Tom, Nick, Anne, Trulove)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Jerry Hadley, Robert Lloyd, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Recitative. "I'll Call the Coachman, Sir" (Nick, Trulove)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Robert Lloyd, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Duettino. "Farewell for Now" (Anne, Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Recitative. "All Is Ready, Sir" (Nick, Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Arioso. "Dear Father Trulove" (Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Terzettino. "Laughter and Light" (Tom, Anne, Trulove, Nick)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Jerry Hadley, Robert Lloyd, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 2: Chorus. "With Air Commanding and Weapon Handy" (Chorus)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 2: Recitative and Scene. "Come, Tom" (Nick, Tom, Mother Goose)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Anne Collins, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 2: Chorus. "Soon Dawn Will Glitter" (Chorus)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 2: Recitative. "Sisters of Venus, Brothers of Mars" (Nick)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 2: Cavatina. "Love, Too Frequently Betrayed" (Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 2: Chorus. "How Sad a Song" (Chorus, Mother Goose)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Anne Collins, Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 2: Chorus. "The Sun Is Bright" (Chorus, Nick)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 3: Recitative. "No Word from Tom" (Anne)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 3: Aria. "Quietly, Night" (Anne)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 3: Recitative. "My Father! Can I Desert Him" (Anne)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 3: Cabaletta. "I Go, I Go to Him" (Anne)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 1: Aria. "Vary the Song, O London, Change!" (Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 1: Recitative. "Nature, Green Unnatural Mother" (Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 1: Aria. "Always the Quarry That I Stalk Fades or Evades Me" (Tom) [Reprise]Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 1: Recitative. "Master, Are You Alone?" (Nick, Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 1: Recitative. "Come, Master, Observe the Host" (Nick)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 1: Aria. "In Youth the Panting Slaves" (Nick)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 1: Duet-Finale. "My Tale Shall Be Told" (Tom, Nick)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 2: PreludeIgor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 2: Recitative and Arioso. "How Strange!" (Anne)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 2: Recitative. "What Can This Mean?" (Anne)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 2: Duet. "Anne! Here!" (Tom, Anne)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 2: Recitative."My Love, Am I to Remain in Here Forever?" (Baba, Ann, Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Grace Bumbry, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 2: Trio. "Could It Then Have Been Known" (Anne, Tom, Baba)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, Grace Bumbry, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 2: Finale. "I Have Not Run Away" (Baba, Tom, Chorus)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon, Grace Bumbry, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 3: Aria. "As I Was Saying" (Baba, Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Grace Bumbry, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 3: Baba's Song. "Come, Sweet, Come” (Baba, Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Grace Bumbry, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 3: Aria. "Scorned! Abused!" (Baba)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Grace Bumbry, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 3: Recitative. "My Heart Is Cold" (Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 3: Pantomime. "Fa la la" (Nick)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 3: Recitatives and Arioso. "Oh, I Wish It Were True" (Nick, Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 3: Duet. "Thanks to This Excellent Device" (Tom, Nick)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act II, Scene 3: Recitative. "Forgive Me, Master" (Nick, Tom)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act III, Scene 1: Chorus. "Ruin. Disaster. Shame" (Chorus)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act III, Scene 1: Chorus. "Do You Know Where Tom Rakewell Is?" (Anne, Chorus, Sellem)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon, Dawn Upshaw, Steven Cole, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act III, Scene 1: Recitative. "Ladies, Both Fair and Gracious" (Sellem)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Steven Cole, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, Act III, Scene 1: Aria and Bidding Scene. "Who Hears Me, Knows Me" (Sellem, Chorus, Baba)Igor Stravinsky, Kent Nagano, Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon, Grace Bumbry, Steven Cole, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
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