"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Christopher Gillet
"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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, Anne Collins
"I Know As Well As Any of the Fine Ladies. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Anne Collins
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"My Heart Was so Free"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Declan Mulholland, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
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, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Helen Templeton
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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Debbie Miles-Johnson, Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"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"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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"
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"
John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Shall I Not Claim My Own? How Happy Could I Be with Either"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera - Realised Britten, Op. 43, Act II
"No Pow'r on Earth Can E'er Divide"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
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 Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, Declan Mulholland
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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"
Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Nuala Willis, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, 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, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"What Do I See! Oh! Macheath Again in Custody! Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Oh Sir, If Peachum's Heart Is Hardened. When He Holds up His Hand"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Ourselves, Like the Great"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley
"We Are Ready, Sir, To Conduct You to the Old Bailey. The Charge Is Prepared"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir