"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
John Rawnsley, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Yvonne Kenny, Anne Collins, Philip Langridge
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Christopher Gillet, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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"
Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Christopher Gillet, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"I Know As Well As Any of the Fine Ladies. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"My Heart Was so Free"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Declan Mulholland
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Success Attend You. Let Us Take the Road"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed with Cares"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Dear Mrs Coaxer, You're Welcome. Youth's the Season Made for Joys"
Steuart Bedford, Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, 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, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Debbie Miles-Johnson, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Helen Templeton
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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, Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera - Realised Britten, Op. 43, Act II
"No Pow'r on Earth Can E'er Divide"
Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"But All Scores Have a Reckoning"
Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
Britten: 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"
John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
Britten: 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"
John Rawnsley, Yvonne Kenny, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra