Lyrics The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me" - Janet Baker feat. Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra & John Shirley-Quirk
Last
night,
Tarquinius...
Ravished
me
and...
Tore
the
fabric
of
our
love
What
we
had
woven,
Tarquinius
has
broken
What
I
have
spoken,
never
can
be
forgotten
O,
my
love!
A
love
was
too
rare
for
life
to
tolerate!
Oh,
fate,
forbid
from
soiling!
Oh,
fear,
this
shame!
For
you,
this
sorrow
If
spirit's
not
given,
there
is
no
need
of
shame
Lust
is
all-taking
In
that,
there's
shame
What
Tarquinius
has
taken,
can
be
forgotten
What
Lucretia
has
given,
can
be
forgiven
Even
great
love's
too
frail
to
bear
the
weight
of
shadows!
No!
Oh,
help
me!
For
ever
chaste,
with
only
death
to
ravish
me!
See
how
my
wanton
blood
washes
my
shame
away
1 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: Introduction: The Wood
2 Phaedra, Op. 93: "My Time's Too Short, Your Highness"
3 Phaedra, Op. 93: "Oh Gods of Wrath"
4 Phaedra, Op. 93: "In May, in Brilliant Athens"
5 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me"
6 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Lucretia! Lucretia!"
7 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Was I Wrong to Come?"
8 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation II - Scene 3: The Letter
9 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XV - Scene 8: Miles
10 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "My Gentle Robin, See'st Thou This Sweet Sight?"
11 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XII - Scene 5: Quint
12 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Come, Now a Roundel and a Fairy Song"
13 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Be Kind and Courteous to This Gentleman"
14 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Interlude: Here in This Scene"
15 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Epilogue: Is It All?"
16 The Turn of the Screw, Op.54: Interlude: Variation X - Scene 3: Miss Jessel
17 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "She Sleeps As a Rose"
18 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "It Is an Axiom Among Kings"
19 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VII - Scene 8: At Night
20 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Are We All Met?"
21 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "The Prosperity of the Etruscans"
22 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Hey There, Hey There, You!"
23 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Now the Hungry Lion Roars"
24 Death in Venice, Op. 88: Overture: Venice
25 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "My Mind Beats On"
26 Death in Venice, Op. 88: Children's Games: "Adziu, Adziu"
27 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "O Wall, Fur Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans"
28 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Mysterious Gondola"
29 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Who Reaches Heaven First"
30 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Puppet? Why So?"
31 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "There Is Indeed in Every Artist's Nature"
32 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XI - Scene 4: The Bedroom
33 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "How Now, Mad Spirit?"
34 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XIV - Scene 7: Flora
35 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: 'There Goes a Happy Man!'
36 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"
37 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake"
38 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Up and Down, Up and Down"
39 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Hail, Mortal, Hail!"
40 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee for Thy Sunny Beams"
41 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Flower of This Purple Dye"
42 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall"
43 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "I Have a Reas'nable Good Ear in Music"
44 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "O Grim-look'd Night, O Night With Hue So Black"
45 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "You Spotted Snakes With Double Tongue"
46 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Come, Your Bergomask"
47 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Now, Fair Hippolyta"
48 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "This Is Thy Negligence"
49 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Asleep, My Love?"
50 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Ah, Serenissima!"
51 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation V - Scene 6: The Lesson
52 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "This Dead Hand Lets Fall"
53 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Have You Sent to Bottom's House?"
54 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Oh! What a Lovely Day!"
55 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "You Were Right"
56 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Iff We Offend, It Is With Our Good Will"
57 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Naturally, Signore, I Understand"
58 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Gentles, Perchange You Wonder At This Show"
59 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "I See Their Knavery"
60 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation IX - Scene 2: The Bells
61 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation I - Scene 2: The Welcome
62 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation IV - Scene 5: The Window
63 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "You Ladies, You Whose Gentle Hearts Do Fear"
64 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "My Horse! My Horse! Tarquinius Does Not Wait"
65 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "We Are Delighted to Greet the Signore"
66 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball"
67 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation III - Scene 4: The Tower
68 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Theme - Scene 1: The Journey
69 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Prologue
70 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Within This Frail Crucible of Light"
71 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VI - Scene 7: The Lake
72 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Collatinus Is Politically Astute"
73 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation VIII - Scene 1: Colloquy and So- Lioquy
74 The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Interlude: Variation XIII - Scene 6: The Piano
75 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Listen! I Heard a Knock"
76 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Their Spinning-wheel Unwinds"
77 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Time Treads Upon the Hands of Women"
78 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "The Oatmeal Slippers of Sleep"
79 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Lucretia!.What Do You Want?"
80 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "We'll Leave the Orchids for Lucretia"
81 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: "Flowers Bring to Every Year"
82 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart
83 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Here the thirsty evening
84 The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37: Tarquinius does not dare
85 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "On the Ground, Sleep Sound"
86 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Over Hill, Over Dale"
87 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Oberon Is Passing Fell and Wrath"
88 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Well, Go Thy Way"
89 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "How Now My Love?"
90 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Be It On Lion, Bear, or Wolf, or Bull"
91 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Welcome Wanderer!"
92 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Is All Our Company Her?"
93 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring in the Wood"
94 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Through the Forest Have I Gone"
95 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "Stay, Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius"
96 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64: "This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present"
97 Death in Venice, Op. 88: "Aou'! Stagando, Aou'"
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