Introduction - Overture

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana

3:42

Air I. An old Woman clothed in Gray, &c.

Denis Stevens, Edgar Fleet, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:08

Air II. The bonny gray-ey’d Morn, &c.

Vernon Midgley, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens

2:05

Air III. Cold and raw, &c.

Margaret Cable, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens

1:26

Air IV. Why is your faithful Slave disdain’d?

Denis Stevens, Margaret Cable, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:27

Air V. Of all the simple Things we do, &c.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Margaret Cable, Denis Stevens

0:50

Air VI. What shall I do to show how much I love her, &c.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens

2:48

Air VII. Oh London is a fine Town.

Edgar Fleet, Accademia Monteverdiana, Margaret Cable, Denis Stevens

0:45

Air VIII. Grim King of the Ghosts, &c.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Angela Jenkins

1:22

Air IX. O Jenny, O Jenny, where hast thou been.

Denis Stevens, Margaret Cable, Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana

0:50

Air X. Thomas, I cannot, &c.

Denis Stevens, Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana

0:58

Air XI. A Soldier and a Sailor.

Edgar Fleet, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Margaret Cable

1:02

Air XII. Now ponder well, ye Parents dear.

Denis Stevens, Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana

0:50

Air XIII. Le printemps rappelle aux armes.

Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:18

Air XIV. Pretty Parrot, say.

Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers

1:33

Air XV. Pray, Fair one, be kind.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers

0:54

Air XVI. Over the Hills and far away.

Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:33

Air XVII. Gin thou wert mine awn thing.

Denis Stevens, Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:21

Air XVIII. O the Broom, &c.

Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins

1:13

Air XIX. Fill every Glass, &c.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Peter Hall, Denis Stevens

1:13

Air XX. March in Rinaldo.

Peter Hall, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens

0:58

Air XXI. Would you have a young Virgin, &c.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers

1:03

Air XXII. Cotillon.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Patricia Clark

0:57

Air XXIII. All in a misty Morning, &c.

Patricia Clark, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:14

Air XXIV. When once I lay with another Man’s Wife, &c.

Denis Stevens, Patricia Clark, Accademia Monteverdiana

0:43

Air XXV. When first I laid Siege to my Chloris, &c.

Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana

0:49

Air XXVI. Courtiers, Courtiers, think it no Harm, &c.

Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens

0:57

Air XXVII. A lovely Lass to a Friar came.

Denis Stevens, Shirley Minty, Accademia Monteverdiana

0:43

Air XXVIII. 'Twas when the Sea was roaring, &c.

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty

1:06

Air XXIX. The Sun has loos’d his weary Teams, &c.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens

0:57

Air XXX. How happy are we, &c.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, John Noble

0:49

Air XXXI. Of a noble Race was Shenkin.

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty

1:11

Air XXXII.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, John Noble

1:05

Air XXXIII. London Ladies.

Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:14

Air XXXIV. All in the Downs, &c.

Denis Stevens, Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:14

Air XXXV. Have you heard of a frolicksome Ditty, &c.

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers

0:45

Air XXXVI. Irish Trot.

Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty

0:31

Air XXXVII.

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins

1:27

Air XXXVIII. Good-morrow, Gossip Joan.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Shirley Minty

0:48

Air XXXIX. Irish Howl.

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins

1:24

Air XL. The Lass of Patie’s Mill, &c.

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty

1:28

Air XLI.

Shirley Minty, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens

2:00

Air XLII. South-Sea Ballad.

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty

1:08

Air XLIII. Packington’s Pound.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, John Noble

1:30

Air XLIV. LIllibullero.

Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:17

Air XLV. Down in the North Country, &c.

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, John Noble

1:16

Air XLVI. A Shepherd kept Sheep, &c.

Denis Stevens, Elizabeth Lane, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:15

Air XLVII. One Evening, having lost my Way, &c.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty, Denis Stevens

0:59

Air XLIX. O Bessy Bell.

Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty, Denis Stevens

1:48

Air L. Would Fate to me Belinda give.

Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:18

Air LI. Come, sweet Lass.

Denis Stevens, Shirley Minty, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:20

Air LIII. Tom Tinker’s my true Love.

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins, Shirley Minty

0:55

Air LIV. I am a poor Shepherd undone.

Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana

0:48

Air LV. lanthe the lovely, &c.

Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:30

Air LV. lanthe the lovely, &c.

Denis Stevens, Shirley Minty, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:36

Air LVI. A Cobler there was, &c.

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, John Noble

1:17

Air LVII. Bonny Dundee.

Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana

0:59

Air LVIII. Happy Groves.

Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana

0:30

Air LIX. Of all the Girls that are so smart.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers

0:27

Air LX. Britons strike home.

Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens

0:23

Air LXI. Chevy Chase.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens

0:11

Air LXII. To old Sir Simon the King.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers

0:16

Air LXIII. Joy to Great Caesar.

Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers

0:14

Air LXIV. There was an old Woman.

Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana

0:18

Air LXV. Did you ever hear of a gallant Sailor.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers

0:16

Air LXVI. Why are mine Eyes still flowing.

Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana

0:19

Air LXVII. Green Sleeves.

Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana

1:04

Air LXVII. All you that must take a Leap, &c.

Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers, Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Shirley Minty

1:24

Air LXIX. Lumps of Pudding, &c.

Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana

2:15

John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" (Overture and Music Harmonized by John Pepusch) [Ed. Denis Stevens]

Margaret Cable, Shirley Minty, Edgar Fleet, Nigel Rogers, Angela Jenkins, Patricia Clark, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana

Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Margaret Cable

Mezzo-Soprano
Nigel Rogers

Tenor
Peter Hall

Tenor
John Noble

Baritone

The Beggar's Opera

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