Songtexte The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Who Reaches Heaven First" - John Shirley-Quirk feat. Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, Bryan Drake, Benjamin Luxon & Sir Peter Pears
Who
reaches
heaven
first
is
the
best
philosopher
Practice
comes
with
a
heart,
reason
takes
very
little
The
only
cup
worth
filling
is
this,
is
this,
is
this,
is
this
They
drink
for
their
time
is
flowing
with
the
night
And
life
is
dark
except
where
wine
sheds
light
But
the
officers
are
now
generally
drunk,
so
I-
Who
reaches
heaven
last
is
the
worst
philosopher
Logic
leaps
around
the
rule,
Cupid
flies
there
sooner
Oh,
the
only,
oh,
the
only,
oh,
the
only
Thing
is
wine,
is
wine,
is
wine,
is
wine
The
night
is
weeping
with
its
tears
of
stars
But
these
men
laugh
for
what
is
sad
is
folly
And
so
they
drink
to
drown
their
melancholy
Who
drowns
in
women's
eyes
and
then
drinks
lips
of
pleasure
Sucks
all
heaven
in
a
kiss,
gets
lost
in
hell
forever
Oh,
the
only,
oh,
the
only,
oh,
the
only
Thing
that
is
love,
is
love,
is
love,
is
love
Love,
like
wine,
spills
easily
as
blood
And
husbands
are
the
broken
bottles
Last
night
some
generals
crawled
back
to
Rome
To
see
if
their
wives
stayed
chaste
at
home
1 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: Introduction: The Wood
2 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XV - Scene 8: Miles
3 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation II - Scene 3: The Letter
4 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "My Gentle Robin, See'st Thou This Sweet Sight?"
5 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XII - Scene 5: Quint
6 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Be Kind and Courteous to This Gentleman"
7 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Come, Now a Roundel and a Fairy Song"
8 The Turn of the Screw, Op.54: Interlude: Variation X - Scene 3: Miss Jessel
9 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Epilogue: Is It All?"
10 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "She Sleeps As a Rose"
11 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Are We All Met?"
12 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VII - Scene 8: At Night
13 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present"
14 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "The Prosperity of the Etruscans"
15 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Interlude: Here in This Scene"
16 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "It Is an Axiom Among Kings"
17 Death in Venice, Op. 88: Overture: Venice
18 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Now the Hungry Lion Roars"
19 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Hey There, Hey There, You!"
20 Death in Venice, Op. 88: Children's Games: "Adziu, Adziu"
21 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "O Wall, Fur Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans"
22 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Mysterious Gondola"
23 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "My Mind Beats On"
24 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Who Reaches Heaven First"
25 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Puppet? Why So?"
26 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "There Is Indeed in Every Artist's Nature"
27 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XIII - Scene 6: The Piano
28 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VIII - Scene 1: Colloquy and So- Lioquy
29 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Collatinus Is Politically Astute"
30 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VI - Scene 7: The Lake
31 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Within This Frail Crucible of Light"
32 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Prologue
33 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Theme - Scene 1: The Journey
34 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation III - Scene 4: The Tower
35 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball"
36 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "We Are Delighted to Greet the Signore"
37 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "My Horse! My Horse! Tarquinius Does Not Wait"
38 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "You Ladies, You Whose Gentle Hearts Do Fear"
39 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation I - Scene 2: The Welcome
40 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation IV - Scene 5: The Window
41 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation IX - Scene 2: The Bells
42 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Gentles, Perchange You Wonder At This Show"
43 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "I See Their Knavery"
44 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Naturally, Signore, I Understand"
45 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "You Were Right"
46 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Oh! What a Lovely Day!"
47 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Have You Sent to Bottom's House?"
48 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "This Dead Hand Lets Fall"
49 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation V - Scene 6: The Lesson
50 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Ah, Serenissima!"
51 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XI - Scene 4: The Bedroom
52 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Aou'! Stagando, Aou'"
53 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "How Now, Mad Spirit?"
54 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XIV - Scene 7: Flora
55 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: 'There Goes a Happy Man!'
56 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"
57 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake"
58 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Up and Down, Up and Down"
59 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Hail, Mortal, Hail!"
60 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee for Thy Sunny Beams"
61 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Flower of This Purple Dye"
62 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall"
63 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "I Have a Reas'nable Good Ear in Music"
64 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "O Grim-look'd Night, O Night With Hue So Black"
65 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Come, Your Bergomask"
66 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Now, Fair Hippolyta"
67 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "This Is Thy Negligence"
68 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Asleep, My Love?"
69 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Tarquinius does not dare
70 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Here the thirsty evening
71 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart
72 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Oberon Is Passing Fell and Wrath"
73 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Well, Go Thy Way"
74 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "How Now My Love?"
75 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Be It On Lion, Bear, or Wolf, or Bull"
76 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Welcome Wanderer!"
77 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Is All Our Company Her?"
78 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring in the Wood"
79 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Through the Forest Have I Gone"
80 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Stay, Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius"
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