John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Prologue
"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
John Rawnsley, Yvonne Kenny, Ann Murray, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, 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, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, 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, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Anne Collins
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, 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"
Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, 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"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Declan Mulholland, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Success Attend You. Let Us Take the Road"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
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"
Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Debbie Miles-Johnson, Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Helen Templeton, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley
"Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, 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"
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"
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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford
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"
Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, 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"
Robert Lloyd, Philip Langridge, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, 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, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Thus Gamesters United in Friendship"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley
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, Declan Mulholland, Philip Langridge, 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"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
John Rawnsley, Nuala Willis, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, 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"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny
"Ourselves, Like the Great"
John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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, Philip Langridge, Yvonne Kenny, Ann Murray, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir