John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Prologue
If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry
Sir Michael Hordern, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Warren Mitchell, Richard Bonynge
Gay: The Beggar's Opera
Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, James Morris, Warren Mitchell, Sir Michael Hordern, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Alfred Marks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Regina Resnik
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I
Through All the Employments of Life
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind
Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Richard Bonynge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti
A Maid Is Like The Golden Ore
Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre
Alfredo Mariotti, Richard Bonynge, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra
Our Polly Is a Sad Slut
Angela Lansbury, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti
Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Richard Bonynge, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Richard Bonynge, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Richard Bonynge, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe – The Turtle Thus With Plaintive Crying
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Alfredo Mariotti, Richard Bonynge, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Pretty Polly Say
Were I Laid On Greenland's Coast
Yes, I Would Go With Thee – O! What Pain It Is to Part!
Fill Ev'ry Glass
James Morris, John Gibbs, Graham Clark, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II
If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed With Cares
Richard Bonynge, Warren Mitchell, James Morris, National Philharmonic Orchestra
Youth's the Season Made for Joys
James Morris, Ann Murray, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Anne Wilkens
Before the Barn Door Crowing
James Morris, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ann Murray, Anne Wilkens
The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike
Richard Bonynge, Anne Wilkens, James Morris, Ann Murray, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfredo Mariotti
At the Tree I Shall Suffer With Pleasure
Man May Escape from Rope and Gun
Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat
How Cruel Are the Traitors
The First Time At the Looking-Glass
When You Censure the Age
Is Then His Fate Decreed, Sir?
You'll Think, Ere Many Days Ensue
Thus When the Swallow
How Happy Could I Be With Either
Cease Your Funning
Why How Now, Madam Flirt?
No. Pow'r On Earth Can E'er Divide
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act III
Introduction – To Be Sure, Wench, You Must've Been
And so You Have Let Him Escape – My Love Is All Madness
The Modes of the Court
What Gudgeons Are We Men
Richard Bonynge, Regina Resnik, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfredo Mariotti, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Stafford Dean
in the Days of My Youth
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Joan Sutherland, Regina Resnik, Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti, Stafford Dean
I'm Like a Skiff On the Ocean Tossed
Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Stafford Dean, Alfredo Mariotti, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes
Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Mariotti, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Which Way Shall I Turn Me
When My Hero in Court Appears
When He Holds Up His Hand
Alfredo Mariotti, James Morris, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Stafford Dean, Joan Sutherland
O Cruel, Cruel Case
Richard Bonynge, James Morris, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Mariotti, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Would I Might Be Hanged!
James Morris, Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
But, Honest Friend, I Hope You Don't Intend
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Michael Hordern, Warren Mitchell, James Morris, Richard Bonynge
Production
- Andrew CornallProducer
- Stanley GoodallBalance Engineer
- James LockBalance Engineer