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The Rake's Progress (more info)
Performed by: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Igor Stravinsky
Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano
Paul Franke, tenor
Lawrence Davidson, baritone
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Conley, tenor
Norman Scott, bass
Mack Harrell, baritone
Recording date: 1, 8, 10 March 1953
Produced by: Obert-Thorn, Mark


1. Act I Scene 1: The woods are green (Anne, Rakewell, Trulove) - 4:11
2. Act I Scene 1: Anne, my dear (Trulove, Anne, Rakewell) - 1:03
3. Act I Scene 1: Here I stand … Since it is not by merit (Rakewell) - 2:45
4. Act I Scene 1: Tom Rakewell? (Shadow, Rakewell) - 1:27
5. Act I Scene 1: Fair lady, gracious gentlemen (Shadow) - 2:08
6. Act I Scene 1: I wished but once (Rakewell, Shadow, Anne, Trulove) - 1:42
7. Act I Scene 1: My Anne, behold (Rakewell, Anne, Trulove, Shadow) - 2:13
8. Act I Scene 1: Farewell for now (Anne, Rakewell) - 1:11
9. Act I Scene 1: All is ready, sir (Shadow, Rakewell) - 0:47
10. Act I Scene 1: Dear father Trulove (Rakewell) - 1:21
11. Act I Scene 1: Laughter and light (Rakewell, Anne, Trulove, Shadow) - 1:47
12. Act I Scene 2: With air commanding and weapon handy (Roaring Boys, Whores) - 2:38
13. Act I Scene 2: Come, Tom (Shadow, Rakewell, Mother Goose) - 3:58
14. Act I Scene 2: Soon dawn will glitter … Sisters of Venus, Brothers of Mars (Whores, Roaring Boys, Shadow) - 1:36
15. Act I Scene 2: Love, too frequently betrayed (Rakewell) - 2:40
16. Act I Scene 2: How sad a song (Whores, Mother Goose) - 0:59
17. Act I Scene 2: The sun is bright, the grass is green (Whores, Roaring Boys, Shadow) - 2:35
18. Act I Scene 3: No word from Tom … Quietly, night (Anne) - 4:23
19. Act I Scene 3: My father! Can I desert him … I go, I go to him (Anne) - 3:56
20. Act II Scene 1: Vary the song, O London (Rakewell) - 3:01
21. Act II Scene 1: O Nature, green unnatural mother (Rakewell) - 3:05
22. Act II Scene 1: Always the quarry that I stalk (Rakewell) - 1:45
23. Act II Scene 1: Master, are you alone? (Shadow, Rakewell) - 1:16
24. Act II Scene 1: Come, master, observe the host of mankind (Shadow) - 1:21
25. Act II Scene 1: In youth the panting slave pursues (Shadow) - 2:15
26. Act II Scene 1: My tale shall be told (Rakewell, Shadow) - 2:24
27. Act II Scene 2: Introduction - 1:31
28. Act II Scene 2: How strange! … O heart, be stronger (Anne) - 2:39
29. Act II Scene 2: What can this mean? (Anne, Rakewell) - 3:17
30. Act II Scene 2: My love, am I to remain in here for ever? (Baba, Anne, Rakewell) - 0:58
31. Act II Scene 2: Could it then have been known (Anne, Rakewell, Baba) - 3:05
32. Act II Scene 2: I have not run away (Baba, Rakewell, Voices, Town People) - 3:02

The Rake's Progress (more info)
Performed by: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Igor Stravinsky
Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano
Paul Franke, tenor
Lawrence Davidson, baritone
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Conley, tenor
Norman Scott, bass
Mack Harrell, baritone
Recording date: 1, 8, 10 March 1953
Produced by: Obert-Thorn, Mark


1. Act II Scene 3: As I was saying … Come, sweet, come … Scorned! Abused! (Baba, Rakewell) - 4:21
2. Act II Scene 3: Fa la la (Shadow) - 3:14
3. Act II Scene 3: Thanks to this excellent device (Rakewell, Shadow) - 1:48
4. Act II Scene 3: Forgive me, master, for intruding (Shadow, Rakewell) - 2:23
5. Act III Scene 1: Ruin. Disaster. Shame. (Crowd, Anne, Sellem) - 3:18
6. Act III Scene 1: Ladies both fair and gracious (Sellem) - 1:40
7. Act III Scene 1: Who hears me, knows me (Sellem, Crowd) - 3:40
8. Act III Scene 1: Sold! Annoyed! (Baba, Crowd, Rakewell, Shadow) - 2:18
9. Act III Scene 1: You love him, seek to set him right (Baba, Anne, Crowd, Sellem, Rakewell, Shadow) - 4:23
10. Act III Scene 1: I go to him (Anne, Rakewell, Shadow, Baba, Crowd) - 2:12
11. Act III Scene 2: Prelude - 1:57
12. Act III Scene 2: How dark and dreadful is this place (Rakewell, Shadow) - 4:14
13. Act III Scene 2: Very well then, my dear and good Tom (Shadow, Tom) - 1:28
14. Act III Scene 2: Well, then … My heart is wild with fear (Shadow, Rakewell) - 4:19
15. Act III Scene 2: The simpler the trick (Shadow, Rakewell, Anne) - 3:05
16. Act III Scene 2: I burn, I burn! I freeze! (Shadow) - 2:15
17. Act III Scene 2: With roses crowned (Rakewell) - 1:28
18. Act III Scene 3: Prepare yourselves, heroic shades (Rakewell, Madmen) - 4:01
19. Act III Scene 3: There he is. Have no fear (Keeper, Anne, Rakewell) - 2:22
20. Act III Scene 3: I have waited … In a foolish dream (Rakewell, Anne) - 2:52
21. Act III Scene 3: I am exceeding weary (Rakewell) - 1:05
22. Act III Scene 3: Gently, little boat (Anne, Madmen) - 3:03
23. Act III Scene 3: Anne, my dear (Trulove, Anne) - 0:57
24. Act III Scene 3: Every wearied body (Anne, Trulove) - 1:47
25. Act III Scene 3: Where art thou, Venus? (Rakewell, Madmen) - 3:40
26. Act III Scene 3: Mourn for Adonis (Chorus) - 1:33
27. Epilogue: Good people, just a moment (Anne, Baba, Rakewell, Shadow, Trulove) - 2:42

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