Igor Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

The Rake's Progress (1951)

The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition.

Ian Bostridge (Tom Rakewell), 

Bryn Terfel (Nick Shadow), 

Deborah York (Anne Trulove), 

Anne Sofie von Otter (Baba the Turk), 

Anne Howells (Mother Goose), 

Peter Bronder (Sellem), 

Martin Robson (Trulove), 

Julian Clarkson (Keeper of the Madhouse)

Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, 

John Eliot Gardiner

Recording: London, Abbey Road Studios, Studio 1, 6/1997

Giacomo Carissimi - Judicium Extremum; Jonas, Jephte

Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)

Judicium Extremum

Jonas

Jephte

His Majesties Sagbutts And Cornetts, Monteverdi Choir 

Members Of The English Baroque Soloists

John Eliot Gardiner ‎

Lili Boulanger - Psalms; Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms

Lili BOULANGER (1893-1918)

Psaume 24, for Chorus, Organ and Orchestra

Psaume 129, for Chorus and Orchestra

Vielille Prière bouddhique, for Tenor , Chorus and Orchestra

 "Du Fond de l'abime" (Psaume 130), for Contralto, Tenor, Chorus, Organ and Orchestra

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

Symphony of Psalms 

for Chorus and Orchestra, on texts of Psalms 38, 39 and 150

Sally Bruce-Payne, Mezzo-soprano

Julian Podger, Tenor

The Monteverdi Choir

London Symphony Orchestra

John Eliot Gardiner