Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Phaedra by Janet Baker, Peter Pears, Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten & Steuart Bedford

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "Time Treads Upon the Hands Of Women"

Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: Epilogue: "Is It All?"

Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: "This Dead Hand Lets Fall"

Heather Harper, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: "Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me"

John Shirley-Quirk, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: "Lucretia! Lucretia!"

John Shirley-Quirk, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: "You Were Right"

Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: "Flowers Bring To Every Year"

Janet Baker, Elizabeth Bainbridge, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: "We'll Leave the Orchids For Lucretia"

Janet Baker, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: "Oh! What a Lovely Day!"

Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: Interlude: "Here In This Scene"

Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: "Lucretia!...What Do You Want?"

Benjamin Luxon, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: "Within This Frail Crucible Of Light"

Benjamin Luxon, Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: "She Sleeps As a Rose"

Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2: "The Prosperity Of the Etruscans"

Heather Harper, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "The Oatmeal Slippers Of Sleep"

Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Benjamin Luxon, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93: In May, In Brilliant Athens

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "Listen! I Heard a Knock"

Janet Baker, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "Their Spinning-Wheel Unwinds"

Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "My Horse! My Horse! Tarquinius Does Not Wait"

Benjamin Luxon, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "Tarquinius Does Not Dare"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "There Goes a Happy Man!"

Benjamin Luxon, Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "Collatinus Is Politically Astute"

John Shirley-Quirk, Bryan Drake, Benjamin Luxon, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball"

John Shirley-Quirk, Bryan Drake, Benjamin Luxon, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "Who Reaches Heaven First"

John Shirley-Quirk, Bryan Drake, Benjamin Luxon, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "Here the Thirsty Evening"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "It Is An Axiom Among Kings"

Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1: "Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten

Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93: My Time's Too Short, Your Highness

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93: Oh Gods Of Wrath

Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford