‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Susan Bickley

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

Sirena Tocco, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

1:17

Overture

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

4:24

Through All the Employments of Life (Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn

1:18

Sir, Black Moll Hath Sent Word (Flich, Peachum)

Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Robert Anthony Gardiner, Christian Curnyn

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

Jeremy White, Robert Anthony Gardiner, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

1:17

But It is Now High Time to Look About Me (Peachum, Mrs. Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White

1:13

Women Indeed Are Bitter Bad Judges … Ev'ry Man Handsom Who is Going to the Camp - If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear (Mrs. Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley

0:53

Was Captain Macheath Here This Morning? (Peachum, Mrs. Peachum)

Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn

0:54

If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade (Mrs. Peachum, Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, Jeremy White

1:52

A Maid is Like the Golden Ore (Mrs. Peachum)

Susan Bickley, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley, Robert Anthony Gardiner, Christian Curnyn

0:59

I Know as Well as Any of the Fine Ladies - Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre (Polly, Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia

2:23

Our Polly is a Sad Slut! (Mrs. Peachum, Peachum, Polly, Omnes)

Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White

1:19

Can Love Be Controlled by Advice? (Polly, Mrs. Peachum, Peachum)

Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, Leah-Marian Jones

1:17

The Girl Shows Such a Readiness - O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed (Polly, Mrs. Peachum, Omnes)

Susan Bickley, Leah-Marian Jones, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

2:17

I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed (Polly, Mrs. Peachum)

Susan Bickley, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

0:53

A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir (Peachum, Mrs. Peachum, Polly)

Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, Leah-Marian Jones

1:45

O Ponder Well! Be Not Severe (Polly, Mrs. Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn

0:49

The Turtle Thus With Plaintive Crying, Her Lover Dying (Polly, Mrs. Peachum, Peachum)

Leah-Marian Jones, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley

1:51

Now I'm a Wretch Indeed! (Polly, Macheath, Omnes)

Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones

3:02

My Heart Was So Free (Macheath, Polly)

Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, City of London Sinfonia

0:48

Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast (Macheath, Polly, Omnes)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

1:59

O! What Pain It is to Part! (Polly, Macheath)

Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones

2:25

But Pr'thee, Mat, What is Become of Thy Brother Tom? (Mat of the Mint, Jemmy Twitcher, Nimming Ned, Harry Paddington, Wat Dreary)

Aidan Smith, Christian Curnyn, Thomas Barnard, Mark Saberton, Ben Thapa, City of London Sinfonia, Bryn Evans, Paul Hopwood

0:41

Fill Ev'ry Glass, for Wine Inspires Us (Gentlemen of the Road)

Christian Curnyn, Paul Hopwood, Thomas Barnard, City of London Sinfonia, Bryn Evans, Mark Saberton, Aidan Smith, Ben Thapa

0:49

Gentlemen, Well Met (Macheath, Mat of the Mint)

Ben Thapa, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

0:37

I Shall Wish Myself With You - Let Us Take the Road (Macheath, Harry Paddington, Gentlemen of the Road)

Tom Randle, Aidan Smith, Ben Thapa, Bryn Evans, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Paul Hopwood, Thomas Barnard

1:49

If the Heart of a Man is Depressed With Cares (Macheath)

Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

2:05

Dear Mrs. Coaxer, You Are Welcome - Youth's the Season Made for Joys (Macheath, Ladies of the Town)

Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Alison Place, Bernadette Lord, Clare McCaldin, Siobhain Gibson, Christian Curnyn, Kathryn Jenkin

4:35

Now Pray, Ladies, Take Your Places (Macheath, Jenny Diver, Mrs. Coaxer)

City of London Sinfonia, Miranda Westcott, Clare McCaldin, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

0:54

It is Your Own Choice - Before the Barn-door Crowing (Jenny Diver, Ladies of the Town, Macheath, Dolly Trull, Suky Tawdry)

Bernadette Lord, Christian Curnyn, Miranda Westcott, Tom Randle, Siobhain Gibson, Clare McCaldin, City of London Sinfonia, Alison Place

1:32

But to Be Sure, Sir - the Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike (Jenny Diver, Ladies of the Town, Betty Doxy, Macheath, Peachum)

Katherine Paterson, Jeremy White, Bernadette Lord, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Siobhain Gibson, Clare McCaldin, Miranda Westcott, Tom Randle

1:39

The Gentlemen, Ladies, Lodges in Newgate - Constables, Wait Upon the Captain to His Lodgings - at the Tree I Shall Suffer With Pleasure (Peachum, Macheath)

City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia

0:52

Man May Escape From Rope and Gun (Macheath, Lucy Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

3:28

Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat (Lucy Lockit, Macheath)

Tom Randle, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

0:44

It is the Pleasure of All You Fine Men - How Cruel Are the Traytors (Lucy Lockit, Macheath)

Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox

2:32

The First Time at the Looking Glass (Macheath, Lucy Lockit)

Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

1:13

in This Last Affair, Brother Peachum, We Are Agreed (Lockit, Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Donald Maxwell, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn

0:45

Such Language, Brother, Anywhere Else - When You Censure the Age (Lockit, Lucy Lockit)

Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn

1:08

Is Then His Fate Decreed, Sir? (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox

1:42

Though the Chaplain Was Out of the Way To-day (Lucy Lockit, Macheath, Polly)

Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Leah-Marian Jones

1:09

Thus When the Swallow Seeking Prey (Polly, Macheath, Lucy Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

1:54

If Women's Tongues Can Cease for an Answer - I Will Not! - How Happy Could I Be With Either - I'm Bubbled, Oh How I Am Troubled! (Macheath, Lucy Lockit, Polly)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, Leah-Marian Jones, City of London Sinfonia

1:26

Cease Your Funning (Polly, Macheath, Lucy Lockit, Omnes)

Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Leah-Marian Jones

2:48

Why How Now, Madam Flirt! (Lucy Lockit, Polly, Peachum, Lockit)

Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox, Donald Maxwell, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

1:05

Now Power on Earth Can E'er Divide (Lucy Lockit, Macheath, Lockit, Peachum, Omnes)

Tom Randle, Jeremy White, Donald Maxwell, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

2:00

To Be Sure, Wench, You Must Have Been Aiding and Abetting (Lockit, Lucy Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Donald Maxwell

0:49

Dear Sir, Mention Not My Education (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

1:06

Thus Gamesters United in Friendship Are Found (Lockit)

Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

1:43

Our Scene Doth Represent a Gaming House - the Modes of the Court So Common Are Grown (Beggar, Macheath, Ben Budge, Mat of the Mint, Omnes)ar,

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, Sirena Tocco, Ben Thapa, Aidan Smith

2:43

The Coronation Account, Brother Peachum (Lockit, Peachum, Mrs. Trapes)

Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Frances McCafferty, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White

2:14

in the Days of My Youth I Could Bill Like a Dove (Mrs. Trapes, Lockit, Peachum)

Donald Maxwell, Frances McCafferty, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

2:21

in the Days of My Youth I Could Bill Like a Dove (Mrs. Trapes, Beggar)

City of London Sinfonia, Frances McCafferty, Sirena Tocco, Christian Curnyn

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox

1:07

I Have the Rat's-bane Ready (Lucy Lockit, Filch, Polly)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Robert Anthony Gardiner, Leah-Marian Jones

2:12

A Curse Attends a Woman's Love (Polly, Lucy Lockit)

Leah-Marian Jones, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox

1:38

When I Was Forced From Him (Polly, Lucy Lockit)

Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn

1:55

Now Every Glimmering of Happiness is Lost (Polly, Lucy Lockit, Macheath, Peachum)

Leah-Marian Jones, Jeremy White, Sarah Fox, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

1:45

Which Way Shall I Turn Me, How Can I Decide? (Macheath, Polly)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

0:41

Dear, Dear Sir, Sink the Material Evidence (Polly)

Leah-Marian Jones, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

1:53

How Then Can You Be a Tyrant to Me - When He Holds Up His Hand Arraigned for His Life (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia

2:00

Ourselves, Like the Great, to Secure a Retreat (Lockit, Peachum)

Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn

0:45

We Are Ready, Sir… - … to Conduct You to the Old Bailey! - The Charge is Prepared; the Lawyers Are Met (Lockit, Lucy Lockit, Polly, Macheath, Lockit, Peachum, Omnes, Mrs. Peachum)

Leah-Marian Jones, Jeremy White, Tom Randle, Sarah Fox, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

5:10

Would I Might Be Hanged! (Polly, Lucy Lockit, Macheath)

City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox

1:59

But Surely You Don't Intend That Macheath Shall Really Be Executed? (Mat of the Mint, Beggar, Ben Budge, Lucy Lockit, Polly, Lockit, Peachum)

Aidan Smith, Sirena Tocco, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Ben Thapa, Donald Maxwell, Sarah Fox

1:18

Thus I Stand Like a Turk, With His Doxies Around (Macheath, Mrs, Peachum, Peachum, Ladies of the Town, Gentlemen of the Road, Lucy Lockit, Polly, Mrs. Trapes, Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Frances McCafferty, Susan Bickley, Leah-Marian Jones

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Susan Bickley

Mezzo-Soprano
City of London Sinfonia

Orchestra

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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