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