"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Yvonne Kenny, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Christopher Gillet
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Anne Collins, Christopher Gillet, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Women Are Bitter Bad Judges in These Cases. If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Anne Collins, Christopher Gillet, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"I Know As Well As Any of the Fine Ladies. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Ann Murray
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"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"
Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"My Heart Was so Free"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, 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 Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed with Cares"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"Dear Mrs Coaxer, You're Welcome. Youth's the Season Made for Joys"
Helen Templeton, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Helen Templeton, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Philip Langridge, Debbie Miles-Johnson, Helen Templeton, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
John Rawnsley, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"It Is the Pleasure of All You Fine Men. How Cruel Are the Traitors"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny
"The First Time at the Looking-Glass"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Such Language, Brother! When You Censure the Age"
Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"Shall I Not Claim My Own? How Happy Could I Be with Either"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Ann Murray, 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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford
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
Britten: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Dear Sir, Mention Not My Education. When Young at the Bar"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny
"Thus Gamesters United in Friendship"
John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, Nuala Willis, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
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, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
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"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Oh Sir, If Peachum's Heart Is Hardened. When He Holds up His Hand"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny
Britten: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Ourselves, Like the Great"
John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"We Are Ready, Sir, To Conduct You to the Old Bailey. The Charge Is Prepared"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, John Rawnsley, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra