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Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Steuart Bedford
,
Ann Murray
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, John Rawnsley,
Robert Lloyd
,
Philip Langridge
,
Yvonne Kenny
1993
Preview
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Prologue
5:25
"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
, Declan Mulholland
PREVIEW
0:54
Overture
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
PREVIEW
4:30
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
4:03
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Robert Lloyd
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
, Christopher Gillet
PREVIEW
1:55
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Anne Collins, Christopher Gillet,
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Robert Lloyd
PREVIEW
2:07
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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
,
Robert Lloyd
, Anne Collins
PREVIEW
1:33
Benjamin Britten
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
Robert Lloyd
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
, Anne Collins
PREVIEW
2:06
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Robert Lloyd
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
, Christopher Gillet, Anne Collins
PREVIEW
1:24
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
7:29
"I Know As Well As Any of the Fine Ladies. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre"
Robert Lloyd
,
Steuart Bedford
,
Ann Murray
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
PREVIEW
2:26
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Robert Lloyd
, Anne Collins,
Steuart Bedford
,
Ann Murray
, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
1:14
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Robert Lloyd
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Ann Murray
,
Steuart Bedford
, Anne Collins
PREVIEW
1:13
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Ann Murray
,
Steuart Bedford
,
Robert Lloyd
, Anne Collins, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
2:34
Benjamin Britten
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
2:23
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
,
Robert Lloyd
, Anne Collins,
Ann Murray
PREVIEW
0:49
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Ann Murray
,
Robert Lloyd
,
Steuart Bedford
, Anne Collins
PREVIEW
1:33
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
5:41
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins,
Ann Murray
,
Robert Lloyd
,
Steuart Bedford
PREVIEW
2:44
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
Ann Murray
,
Philip Langridge
,
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
2:57
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"My Heart Was so Free"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
,
Philip Langridge
,
Ann Murray
PREVIEW
0:32
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Steuart Bedford
,
Philip Langridge
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Ann Murray
, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
1:56
Benjamin Britten
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Ann Murray
,
Philip Langridge
,
Steuart Bedford
PREVIEW
1:00
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
Philip Langridge
,
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Ann Murray
PREVIEW
2:55
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
PREVIEW
1:57
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
PREVIEW
1:38
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
PREVIEW
2:14
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
11:38
"Dear Mrs Coaxer, You're Welcome. Youth's the Season Made for Joys"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Philip Langridge
, Helen Templeton,
Steuart Bedford
, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
4:21
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
Steuart Bedford
,
Philip Langridge
, Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
1:00
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Steuart Bedford
, Helen Templeton,
Robert Lloyd
, Debbie Miles-Johnson,
Philip Langridge
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
2:25
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Philip Langridge
,
Steuart Bedford
PREVIEW
3:50
Benjamin Britten
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
"Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat"
Yvonne Kenny
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
PREVIEW
0:44
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
PREVIEW
1:55
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"The First Time at the Looking-Glass"
Philip Langridge
,
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
PREVIEW
1:06
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
1:17
"Fortune Be with You, Lucy"
Declan Mulholland,
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
PREVIEW
0:29
"Such Language, Brother! When You Censure the Age"
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley
PREVIEW
0:47
Benjamin Britten
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
"Is Then His Fate Decreed, Sir?"
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Yvonne Kenny
PREVIEW
2:18
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
6:04
"O Macheath! I Will Stay with Thee Till Death. Thus When the Swallow"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Ann Murray
,
Steuart Bedford
PREVIEW
1:48
"Shall I Not Claim My Own? How Happy Could I Be with Either"
Ann Murray
,
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Philip Langridge
PREVIEW
1:12
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Ann Murray
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
,
Yvonne Kenny
, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
3:03
Benjamin Britten
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Ann Murray
,
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Yvonne Kenny
PREVIEW
0:52
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera - Realised Britten, Op. 43, Act II
"No Pow'r on Earth Can E'er Divide"
Philip Langridge
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Yvonne Kenny
,
Steuart Bedford
,
Ann Murray
,
Robert Lloyd
, John Rawnsley, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
1:49
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"But All Scores Have a Reckoning"
Steuart Bedford
, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
PREVIEW
0:44
Benjamin Britten
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
5:57
"Dear Sir, Mention Not My Education. When Young at the Bar"
Steuart Bedford
,
Yvonne Kenny
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
PREVIEW
2:53
"Ungrateful Macheath!"
Yvonne Kenny
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
PREVIEW
1:26
"Thus Gamesters United in Friendship"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley,
Steuart Bedford
PREVIEW
1:38
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
4:48
"And Macheath, At Liberty and at Large.The Modes of the Court"
Declan Mulholland,
Philip Langridge
,
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
2:47
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
, Declan Mulholland
PREVIEW
0:22
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley,
Robert Lloyd
PREVIEW
1:38
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
Nuala Willis,
Robert Lloyd
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley,
Steuart Bedford
PREVIEW
2:31
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
PREVIEW
2:31
Benjamin Britten
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
Yvonne Kenny
,
Ann Murray
,
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
PREVIEW
1:29
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
3:26
"But Perhaps He Hath a Heart Not Capable of It. Among the Men Coquets We Find"
Ann Murray
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
PREVIEW
0:38
"Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow"
Ann Murray
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
PREVIEW
1:06
"What Do I See! Oh! Macheath Again in Custody! Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes"
Steuart Bedford
,
Ann Murray
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
PREVIEW
1:41
Benjamin Britten
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
"Which Way Shall I Turn Me"
Steuart Bedford
,
Philip Langridge
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
PREVIEW
0:39
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
3:46
"Dear, Dear Father, Sink the Evidence. When My Hero in Court Appears"
Ann Murray
,
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
PREVIEW
1:48
"Oh Sir, If Peachum's Heart Is Hardened. When He Holds up His Hand"
Yvonne Kenny
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
PREVIEW
1:57
Benjamin Britten
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
"Ourselves, Like the Great"
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley,
Robert Lloyd
PREVIEW
0:38
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
9:49
"We Are Ready, Sir, To Conduct You to the Old Bailey. The Charge Is Prepared"
Ann Murray
,
Philip Langridge
,
Robert Lloyd
,
Yvonne Kenny
, John Rawnsley,
Steuart Bedford
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
1:58
"O Cruel, Cruel Case"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra,
Steuart Bedford
,
Philip Langridge
PREVIEW
5:14
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Steuart Bedford
,
Philip Langridge
,
Yvonne Kenny
,
Ann Murray
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
PREVIEW
2:36
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
Steuart Bedford
,
Philip Langridge
, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
PREVIEW
1:51
On This Album
Henry Purcell
Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Composer
Steuart Bedford
Conductor
Ann Murray
Mezzo-Soprano
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