| 1 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene I. "Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart" (Male Chorus) |
Benjamin Britten |
2:29 |
| 2 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene I. "It is an axiom among kings" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus) |
Benjamin Britten |
2:28 |
| 3 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene I. "Here the thirsty ev'ning has drunk the wine of light" (Male Chorus) |
Benjamin Britten |
2:33 |
| 4 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene I. "Who reaches heaven first is the best philosopher" (Collatinus, Male Chorus, Junius, Tarquinius) |
Benjamin Britten |
2:23 |
| 5 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene I. "Maria was unmasked at a masked ball" (Junius, Tarquinius, Collatinus, Male Chorus) |
Benjamin Britten |
4:23 |
| 6 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene I. "Collatinus is politically astute" (Male Chorus, Junius, Collatinus, Tarquinius) |
Benjamin Britten |
4:14 |
| 7 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene I. "Goodnight!....There goes a happy man!" (Collatinus, Tarquinius, Junius) |
Benjamin Britten |
3:59 |
| 8 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene I. "Tarquinius does not dare" (Male Chorus) |
Benjamin Britten |
2:14 |
| 9 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene I. "My horse! My horse!" (Tarquinius, Male Chorus) |
Benjamin Britten |
2:58 |
| 10 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene II. "Their spinning wheel unwinds" (Female Chorus, Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia) |
Benjamin Britten |
5:21 |
| 11 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene II. "Listen! I heard a knock" (Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia) |
Benjamin Britten |
2:46 |
| 12 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene II. "Time treads upon the hands of women" (Lucia, Bianca, Female Chorus, Lucretia) |
Benjamin Britten |
3:26 |
| 13 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene II. "The oatmeal slippers of sleep" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus) |
Benjamin Britten |
1:50 |
| 14 |
The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act I, Scene II. "Lucia runs to the door" (Female Chorus, Tarquinius, Male Chorus, Bianca, Lucia, Lucretia) |
Benjamin Britten |
5:23 |