John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Prologue
"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd, Philip Langridge, Yvonne Kenny
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Christopher Gillet
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Anne Collins, Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd
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
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
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
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, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
"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
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, Ann Murray
"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, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
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
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
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
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
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, Helen Templeton, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, 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, Robert Lloyd, Debbie Miles-Johnson, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
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
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
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Such Language, Brother! When You Censure the Age"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley
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, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny
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
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
"Dear Sir, Mention Not My Education. When Young at the Bar"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Thus Gamesters United in Friendship"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, 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"
Declan Mulholland, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd
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
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, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"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"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, 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"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd, Yvonne Kenny, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Yvonne Kenny, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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