Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

1. 1
   Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 1: "Rome Is Now Ruled by the Etruscan Upstart" (Male Chorus)
   2:29
2. 2
   Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 1: "It Is an Axiom Among Kings" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
   2:28
3. 3
   Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 1: "Here the Thirsty Evening" (Male Chorus)
   2:33
4. 4
   Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 1: "Who Reaches Heaven First Is the Best Philosopher" (Collatinus, Male Chorus, Junius, Tarquinius)
   2:23
5. 5
   Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 1: "Maria Was Unmasked at a Masked Ball" (Junius, Tarquinius, Collatinus, Male Chorus)
   4:23
6. 6
   Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 1: "Collatinus Is Politically Astute" (Male Chorus, Junius, Collatinus, Tarquinius)
   4:14
7. 7
   Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 1: "Goodnight!" - "There Goes a Happy Man!" (Collatinus, Tarquinius, Junius)
   3:59
8. 8
   Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 1: "Tarquinius Does Not Dare" (Male Chorus)
   2:14
9. 9
   Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 1: "My Horse! My Horse!" - Interlude. "Tarquinius Does Not Wait" (Tarquinius, Male Chorus)
   2:58
10. 10
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 2: "Their Spinning Wheel Unwinds" (Female Chorus, Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia)
    5:21
11. 11
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 2: "Listen! I Heard a Knock" (Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia)
    2:46
12. 12
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 2: "Time Treads Upon the Hands of Women" (Lucia, Bianca, Female Chorus, Lucretia)
    3:26
13. 13
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 2: "The Oatmeal Slippers of Sleep" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
    1:50
14. 14
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 2: "Lucia Runs to the Door" (Female Chorus, Tarquinius, Male Chorus, Bianca, Lucia, Lucretia)
    5:21
15. 15
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 1: "The Prosperity of the Etruscans Was Due" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus, Collatinus, Lucia, Junius, Bianca)
    7:28
16. 16
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 1: "She Sleeps as a Rose Upon the Night" (Female Chorus)
    2:59
17. 17
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 1: "When Tarquinius Desires" (Male Chorus)
    2:11
18. 18
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 1: "Within This Frail Crucible of Light" (Tarquinius, Female Chorus)
    4:01
19. 19
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 1: "Lucretia! What Do You Want?" (Tarquinius, Lucretia, Male Chorus, Female Chorus)
    5:47
20. 20
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 1: Interlude. "Here in This Scene You See" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
    3:51
21. 21
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 2: "Oh! What a Lovely Day!" (Lucia, Bianca)
    5:55
22. 22
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 2: "Good Morning, My Lady" (Bianca, Lucia, Lucretia)
    3:27
23. 23
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 2: "Flowers Bring to Every Year" (Lucretia, Bianca)
    3:18
24. 24
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 2: "You Were Right, Tarquinius Took One of the Horses" (Lucia, Bianca, Collatinus, Junius)
    2:39
25. 25
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 2: "Lucretia! O, Never Again Must We Two Dare to Part" (Collatinus, Lucretia)
    4:50
26. 26
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 2: "Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me" (Lucretia, Collatinus)
    3:28
27. 27
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 2: "This Dead Hand Lets Fall" (Collatinus, Junius, Lucia, Bianca, Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
    3:57
28. 28
    Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 2: Epilogue. "Is It All?" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
    5:11

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