‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Jeremy White

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Sirena Tocco

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)

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

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

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

1:17

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

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

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)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley

0:53

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

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

0:54

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

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

1:52

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

Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

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

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

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

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

1:17

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

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

2:17

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

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

0:53

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:49

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

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

1:51

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

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

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)

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

1:59

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

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

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

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

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)

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

0:41

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:37

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

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

1:49

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

Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

2:05

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

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

4:35

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

City of London Sinfonia, Miranda Westcott, Tom Randle, Clare McCaldin, 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)

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

1:32

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

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

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, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

0:52

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

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

3:28

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

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

0:44

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

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

2:32

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

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

1:13

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

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

0:45

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

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

1:08

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

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

1:42

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

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

1:09

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

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

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)

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

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, Sarah Fox, 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, Ben Thapa, Sirena Tocco, Christian Curnyn, Aidan Smith, Tom Randle

2:43

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

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

2:14

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

1:07

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

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

2:12

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

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

1:38

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

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

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

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

1:55

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:41

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

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

1:53

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

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

2:00

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

Donald Maxwell, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, 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)

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

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

5:10

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Christian Curnyn

Conductor
City of London Sinfonia

Orchestra

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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