Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress

One of the first opera sets I bought is this one, and it's a fantastic introduction to this opera and to 20th-Century opera & neoclassicism in general.

Stravinksy: The Rake's Progress

Tom Rakewell: Ian Bostridge

Anne Truelove: Deborah York

Nick Shadow: Bryn Terfel

Baba the Turk: Anne Sofie von Otter

London Symphony Orchestra

Monteverdi Choir

John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Disc One: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=55LTFF0H

Disc Two: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GLMSPROB

Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan's self-titled first album is a gem, showcasing her divine sense of vocal cadence, exploitation of tone colors, and that unmistakable smoky voice of hers.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JF2E1C5W