"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, John Rawnsley, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Christopher Gillet, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd
"Women Are Bitter Bad Judges in These Cases. If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet
"I Know As Well As Any of the Fine Ladies. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Anne Collins, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Anne Collins, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray
"My Heart Was so Free"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Success Attend You. Let Us Take the Road"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed with Cares"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Dear Mrs Coaxer, You're Welcome. Youth's the Season Made for Joys"
Helen Templeton, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
Steuart Bedford, Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Steuart Bedford, Debbie Miles-Johnson, Helen Templeton, Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
Philip Langridge, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"It Is the Pleasure of All You Fine Men. How Cruel Are the Traitors"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"The First Time at the Looking-Glass"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Such Language, Brother! When You Censure the Age"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"O Macheath! I Will Stay with Thee Till Death. Thus When the Swallow"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"Shall I Not Claim My Own? How Happy Could I Be with Either"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
Britten: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera - Realised Britten, Op. 43, Act II
"No Pow'r on Earth Can E'er Divide"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"But All Scores Have a Reckoning"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland
"Dear Sir, Mention Not My Education. When Young at the Bar"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Thus Gamesters United in Friendship"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"And Macheath, At Liberty and at Large.The Modes of the Court"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
Steuart Bedford, Nuala Willis, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear. I'm Like a Skiff on the Ocean Tossed"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"But Perhaps He Hath a Heart Not Capable of It. Among the Men Coquets We Find"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"What Do I See! Oh! Macheath Again in Custody! Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Dear, Dear Father, Sink the Evidence. When My Hero in Court Appears"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Oh Sir, If Peachum's Heart Is Hardened. When He Holds up His Hand"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Ourselves, Like the Great"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley
"We Are Ready, Sir, To Conduct You to the Old Bailey. The Charge Is Prepared"
Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge