"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, Anne Collins, Philip Langridge, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Through All the Employments of Life"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Christopher Gillet, Anne Collins
"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"
Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd
"I Know As Well As Any of the Fine Ladies. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Ann Murray
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge
"My Heart Was so Free"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Success Attend You. Let Us Take the Road"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed with Cares"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge
"Dear Mrs Coaxer, You're Welcome. Youth's the Season Made for Joys"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Helen Templeton, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Helen Templeton
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Debbie Miles-Johnson, Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, John Rawnsley
"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"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"The First Time at the Looking-Glass"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge
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"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Shall I Not Claim My Own? How Happy Could I Be with Either"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley
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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
Nuala Willis, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, 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"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, 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"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"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"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
Pepusch: 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, 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"
Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Philip Langridge, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
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 Choir, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra