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