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