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Jerry Hadley, Grace Bumbry, Roderick Earle
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / Upshaw, Hadley, Ramey, Bumbry; Nagano
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (38) - Disc #1
1. The Rake's Progress: Prelude
2. The Rake's Progress: The Woods Are Green
3. The Rake's Progress: Anne, My Dear - Yes, Father
4. The Rake's Progress: Here I Stand
5. The Rake's Progress: Since It Is Not By Merit
6. The Rake's Progress: Tom Rakewell? - I...
7. The Rake's Progress: Fair Lady, Gracious Gentlemen
8. The Rake's Progress: I Wished But Once
9. The Rake's Progress: I'll Call The Coachman, Sir
10. The Rake's Progress: Farewell, Farewell
11. The Rake's Progress: All Is Ready, Sir
12. The Rake's Progress: Dear Father Trulove
13. The Rake's Progress: Laughter And Light
14. The Rake's Progress: With Air Commanding
15. The Rake's Progress: Come, Tom, I Would Fain
16. The Rake's Progress: Soon Dawn Will Glitter
17. The Rake's Progress: Brothers Of Mars
18. The Rake's Progress: Love, Too Frequently Betrayed
19. The Rake's Progress: How Sad A Song
20. The Rake's Progress: The Sun Is Bright
21. The Rake's Progress: How Dark And Dreadful Is This Place
22. The Rake's Progress: Quietly, Night
23. The Rake's Progress: My Father! Can I Desert Him
24. The Rake's Progress: I Go, I Go To Him
25. The Rake's Progress: Vary The Song, O London, Change
26. The Rake's Progress: Nature, Green Unnatural Mother
27. The Rake's Progress: Always The Quarry That I Stalk
28. The Rake's Progress: Master, Are You Alone?
29. The Rake's Progress: Come, Master, Observe The Host Of Mankind
30. The Rake's Progress: In Youth The Panting Slaves
31. The Rake's Progress: My Tale Shall Be Told
32. The Rake's Progress: Prelude
33. The Rake's Progress: How Strange! Although The Hear For Love Dare Everything
34. The Rake's Progress: What Can This Mean?
35. The Rake's Progress: Anne! Here!
36. The Rake's Progress: My Love, Am I To Remain In Here For Ever?
37. The Rake's Progress: Could It Then Have Been Known
38. The Rake's Progress: I Have Not Run Away, Dear Heart
Track Listings (38) - Disc #2
1. The Rake's Progress: As I Was Saying
2. The Rake's Progress: Come, Sweet, Come, Why So Glum?
3. The Rake's Progress: Scorned! Abused!
4. The Rake's Progress: My Heart Is Cold
5. The Rake's Progress: Fa Lala La Lala
6. The Rake's Progress: O I Wish It Were True
7. The Rake's Progress: Thanks To This Exellent Device
8. The Rake's Progress: Forgive Me, Master
9. The Rake's Progress: Ruin. Disaster. Shame
10. The Rake's Progress: Do You Know Where Tom Rakewell Is?
11. The Rake's Progress: Ladies, Both Fair And Gracious
12. The Rake's Progress: Who Hears Me, Knows Me
13. The Rake's Progress: Sold! Annoyed!
14. The Rake's Progress: Now What Was That?
15. The Rake's Progress: You Love Him, Seek To Set Him Right
16. The Rake's Progress: I Shall Go Back
17. The Rake's Progress: If Boys Had Wings And Girls Had Stings
18. The Rake's Progress: I Go To Him
19. The Rake's Progress: Who Cares A Fig For Tory Or Whig?
20. The Rake's Progress: Prelude
21. The Rake's Progress: Has Love No Voice?
22. The Rake's Progress: Very Well
23. The Rake's Progress: Well Then - My Heart Is Wild
24. The Rake's Progress: I Burn, I Burn! I Freeze!
25. The Rake's Progress: With Roses Crowned
26. The Rake's Progress: Prepare Yourselves, Heroic Shades
27. The Rake's Progress: Madmen's Words Are All Untrue
28. The Rake's Progress: Leave All Love And Hope Behind
29. The Rake's Progress: There He Is
30. The Rake's Progress: I Have Waited For Thee So Long
31. The Rake's Progress: In A Foolish Dream
32. The Rake's Progress: I Am Exceeding Weary
33. The Rake's Progress: Gently, Little Boat
34. The Rake's Progress: Anne, My Dear
35. The Rake's Progress: Every Wearied Body Must
36. The Rake's Progress: Where Art Thou, Venus?
37. The Rake's Progress: Mourn For Adonis
38. The Rake's Progress: Good People, Just A Moment

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CD Details

All Artists: Jerry Hadley, Grace Bumbry, Roderick Earle, Steven Cole
Title: Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / Upshaw, Hadley, Ramey, Bumbry; Nagano
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Erato
Release Date: 8/20/1996
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 706301271520

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

This excellent recording gives Stravinsky's underappreciated Rake's Progress a respectable, if unromantic, rebirth. Tom Rakewell's naïve idiocy is perfectly embodied by Jerry Hadley with crisp diction and arrogant bravado, but he doesn't capture Rakewell's remorse and tender side. Upshaw's Ann Truelove is the epitome of grace, commitment, and effortless singing in this most difficult of roles. Unfortunately, Bumbry's Baba, whose voice is impressively well-suited to the role, is loud and humorless, while the charmless Nick Shadow of Ramey shines during the dramatic moments. Stravinsky's magical woodwind writing is artfully captured by Nagano, who conducts with relentless forward motion, missing all opportunities for occasional romantic indulgence. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

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CD Reviews

It's okay

Homiski | 07/13/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I saw a production of basically this cast at the Met (but with Levine conducting) and the singing is indeed TOP notch. If you do like Dawn Upshaw's voice (which I do), then by all means this is the recording of the Rake's to have. If you just want to hear Upshaw doing the "No Word from Tom/I go to him" cabaletta/aria then I would recommend her "knoxville CD" which has that combo w/ Zinman conducting. I would probably have a more favorable (higher starred) review of this particular recording if I had not purchased the new Gardiner one. If you are the 1st time customer wanting to listen to Neo-Classic Stravinsky at his best, then that is the one to go with: faster tempi, unbelievable diction, crisp strings, albeit no-Upshaw. Nagano gets a fantastic sound (as usual) but I would recommend the Gardiner."

This is a great Rake!

Justin Weaver | 01/11/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Kent Nagano leads the Lyon Opera Orchestra, Chorus and a cast of great soloists in one of the best Rake recordings ever.Nagano does all he can to emphasize the delightful grotesqueness of Stravinsky's late neoclassic style. The famous Act II, Scene 2 Finale where Baba unveils herself before the crowd comes off so well, you'll want to jump for joy!Dawn Upshaw gives a spotless performance end-to-end; her voice lends the appropriate innocence to Ann Trulove's character. Hadley's experience in music theater (cf. Bernstein's Candide) is evident in his fumbling, bumbling, somewhat bombastic Tom Rakewell... One surmises his intonation is not perfect, but probably shouldn't be for the part anyhow.Samuel Ramey can make you laugh and scare the daylights out of you with his deep, brooding Nick Shadow (the best rendering of this character ever, I think). Grace Bumbry is downright disgusting as Baba the Turk, playing up Baba's extravagent excess to a tee.This is not a 'serious' Rake, but the Rake is not a serious opera... just a seriously good opera. The cast bring the heavy-handed moral and often silly themes to the fore in high theatrical style... as Stravinsky doubtless intended.This is a great buy! - you won't be disappointed."

Another hit-or-miss Rake

Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 09/18/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This makes about four stereo recordings of The Rake's Progress, along with the Gardiner, Chailly, and Craft, that fall down seriously compared to the classic Sixties version on Sony with the composer and a host of perfectly cast singers. In this case, the dud is Hadley, who sings with mannered earnestness and a total lack of Stravinsky style...he is into himself every moment. The Nick Shadow is good but nothing speical, and even Dawn Uppshaw, who should have been a spectacular Anne, sounds underpowered and somewhat tentative emoitonally. This is a hrd opera to get right, and the only one that does so far is the composer's and a DVD from Glyndebourne under Haitink, with marvelous sets and costumes by David Hockney."