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Anna Picard compares recordings on both CD and DVD of Stravinsky's operatic morality tale following the fate of Tom Rakewell as he abandons poor Anne Trulove for the delights of London in the company of the nefarious Nick Shadow.

Top recommendation:

STRAVINSKY: The Rake's Progress Philip Langridge (Tom Rakewell), Cathryn Pope (Anne), Samuel Ramey (Nick Shadow), Sarah Walker (Baba the Turk), Astrid Varnay (Mother Goose), Stafford Dean (Father Trulove), John Dobson (Sellem), Matthew Best (Keeper of the Madhouse), London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) DECCA 4757005

Other recordings:

Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Anna Picard also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.

STRAVINSKY: The Rake's Progress Jerry Hadley (Tom Rakewell), Dawn Upshaw (Anne Trulove), Samuel Ramey (Nick Shadow), Gracy Bumbry (Baba the Turk), Anne Collins (Mother Goose), Robert Lloyd (Father Trulove), Steven Cole (Sellem), Roderick Earle (Keeper of the Madhouse), Ch艙ur de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon, Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon, Kent Nagano (conductor) ERATO 0630-12715-2

STRAVINSKY: The Rake's ProgressIan Bostridge (Tom Rakewell), Deborah York (Anne Trulove), Bryn Terfel (Nick Shadow), Anne Sofie von Otter (Baba the Turk), Anne Howells (Mother Goose), Martin Robson (Father Trulove), Peter Bronder (Sellem), Julian Clarkson (Keeper of the Madhouse), Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) DG 4596482

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