‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Thomas Randle

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

City of London Sinfonia, Sirena Tocco, Christian Curnyn

1:17

Overture

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

4:24

Through All the Employments of Life (Peachum)

Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

1:18

Sir, Black Moll Hath Sent Word (Flich, Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White, Robert Anthony Gardiner

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Robert Anthony Gardiner

1:17

But It is Now High Time to Look About Me (Peachum, Mrs. Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White, Susan Bickley

1:13

Women Indeed Are Bitter Bad Judges … Ev'ry Man Handsom Who is Going to the Camp - If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear (Mrs. Peachum)

Susan Bickley, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

0:53

Was Captain Macheath Here This Morning? (Peachum, Mrs. Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley, Jeremy White

0:54

If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade (Mrs. Peachum, Peachum)

Susan Bickley, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

1:52

A Maid is Like the Golden Ore (Mrs. Peachum)

Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

Susan Bickley, Robert Anthony Gardiner, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

0:59

I Know as Well as Any of the Fine Ladies - Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre (Polly, Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Jeremy White

2:23

Our Polly is a Sad Slut! (Mrs. Peachum, Peachum, Polly, Omnes)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, Jeremy White

1:19

Can Love Be Controlled by Advice? (Polly, Mrs. Peachum, Peachum)

Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones

1:17

The Girl Shows Such a Readiness - O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed (Polly, Mrs. Peachum, Omnes)

Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn

2:17

I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed (Polly, Mrs. Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones

0:53

A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir (Peachum, Mrs. Peachum, Polly)

Leah-Marian Jones, Susan Bickley, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White

1:45

O Ponder Well! Be Not Severe (Polly, Mrs. Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, Leah-Marian Jones

0:49

The Turtle Thus With Plaintive Crying, Her Lover Dying (Polly, Mrs. Peachum, Peachum)

Jeremy White, Susan Bickley, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

1:51

Now I'm a Wretch Indeed! (Polly, Macheath, Omnes)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, Leah-Marian Jones

3:02

My Heart Was So Free (Macheath, Polly)

Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn

0:48

Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast (Macheath, Polly, Omnes)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

1:59

O! What Pain It is to Part! (Polly, Macheath)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia

2:25

But Pr'thee, Mat, What is Become of Thy Brother Tom? (Mat of the Mint, Jemmy Twitcher, Nimming Ned, Harry Paddington, Wat Dreary)

Mark Saberton, Bryn Evans, Ben Thapa, Christian Curnyn, Paul Hopwood, City of London Sinfonia, Aidan Smith, Thomas Barnard

0:41

Fill Ev'ry Glass, for Wine Inspires Us (Gentlemen of the Road)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Ben Thapa, Thomas Barnard, Aidan Smith, Bryn Evans, Mark Saberton, Paul Hopwood

0:49

Gentlemen, Well Met (Macheath, Mat of the Mint)

Ben Thapa, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle

0:37

I Shall Wish Myself With You - Let Us Take the Road (Macheath, Harry Paddington, Gentlemen of the Road)

Christian Curnyn, Bryn Evans, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Thomas Barnard, Ben Thapa, Paul Hopwood, Aidan Smith

1:49

If the Heart of a Man is Depressed With Cares (Macheath)

City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

2:05

Dear Mrs. Coaxer, You Are Welcome - Youth's the Season Made for Joys (Macheath, Ladies of the Town)

Clare McCaldin, Kathryn Jenkin, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Alison Place, Siobhain Gibson, Tom Randle, Bernadette Lord

4:35

Now Pray, Ladies, Take Your Places (Macheath, Jenny Diver, Mrs. Coaxer)

Miranda Westcott, Tom Randle, Clare McCaldin, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

0:54

It is Your Own Choice - Before the Barn-door Crowing (Jenny Diver, Ladies of the Town, Macheath, Dolly Trull, Suky Tawdry)

Siobhain Gibson, Miranda Westcott, Clare McCaldin, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Alison Place, Bernadette Lord, Tom Randle

1:32

But to Be Sure, Sir - the Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike (Jenny Diver, Ladies of the Town, Betty Doxy, Macheath, Peachum)

Katherine Paterson, Christian Curnyn, Bernadette Lord, Miranda Westcott, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, Siobhain Gibson, Clare McCaldin, Tom Randle

1:39

The Gentlemen, Ladies, Lodges in Newgate - Constables, Wait Upon the Captain to His Lodgings - at the Tree I Shall Suffer With Pleasure (Peachum, Macheath)

Jeremy White, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

Donald Maxwell, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

0:52

Man May Escape From Rope and Gun (Macheath, Lucy Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, Sarah Fox

3:28

Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat (Lucy Lockit, Macheath)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia

0:44

It is the Pleasure of All You Fine Men - How Cruel Are the Traytors (Lucy Lockit, Macheath)

Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

2:32

The First Time at the Looking Glass (Macheath, Lucy Lockit)

Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

1:13

in This Last Affair, Brother Peachum, We Are Agreed (Lockit, Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia

0:45

Such Language, Brother, Anywhere Else - When You Censure the Age (Lockit, Lucy Lockit)

Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

1:08

Is Then His Fate Decreed, Sir? (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

1:42

Though the Chaplain Was Out of the Way To-day (Lucy Lockit, Macheath, Polly)

Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones

1:09

Thus When the Swallow Seeking Prey (Polly, Macheath, Lucy Lockit)

Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

1:54

If Women's Tongues Can Cease for an Answer - I Will Not! - How Happy Could I Be With Either - I'm Bubbled, Oh How I Am Troubled! (Macheath, Lucy Lockit, Polly)

Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

1:26

Cease Your Funning (Polly, Macheath, Lucy Lockit, Omnes)

City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle

2:48

Why How Now, Madam Flirt! (Lucy Lockit, Polly, Peachum, Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Jeremy White, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox

1:05

Now Power on Earth Can E'er Divide (Lucy Lockit, Macheath, Lockit, Peachum, Omnes)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, Donald Maxwell, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia

2:00

To Be Sure, Wench, You Must Have Been Aiding and Abetting (Lockit, Lucy Lockit)

Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell

0:49

Dear Sir, Mention Not My Education (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

1:06

Thus Gamesters United in Friendship Are Found (Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Donald Maxwell

1:43

Our Scene Doth Represent a Gaming House - the Modes of the Court So Common Are Grown (Beggar, Macheath, Ben Budge, Mat of the Mint, Omnes)ar,

Ben Thapa, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Aidan Smith, Tom Randle, Sirena Tocco

2:43

The Coronation Account, Brother Peachum (Lockit, Peachum, Mrs. Trapes)

Christian Curnyn, Frances McCafferty, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White

2:14

in the Days of My Youth I Could Bill Like a Dove (Mrs. Trapes, Lockit, Peachum)

Donald Maxwell, Frances McCafferty, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia

2:21

in the Days of My Youth I Could Bill Like a Dove (Mrs. Trapes, Beggar)

Sirena Tocco, Christian Curnyn, Frances McCafferty, City of London Sinfonia

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox

1:07

I Have the Rat's-bane Ready (Lucy Lockit, Filch, Polly)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox, Leah-Marian Jones, Robert Anthony Gardiner

2:12

A Curse Attends a Woman's Love (Polly, Lucy Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn

1:38

When I Was Forced From Him (Polly, Lucy Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

Leah-Marian Jones, City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn

1:55

Now Every Glimmering of Happiness is Lost (Polly, Lucy Lockit, Macheath, Peachum)

Leah-Marian Jones, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

1:45

Which Way Shall I Turn Me, How Can I Decide? (Macheath, Polly)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Leah-Marian Jones

0:41

Dear, Dear Sir, Sink the Material Evidence (Polly)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones

1:53

How Then Can You Be a Tyrant to Me - When He Holds Up His Hand Arraigned for His Life (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

2:00

Ourselves, Like the Great, to Secure a Retreat (Lockit, Peachum)

Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn

0:45

We Are Ready, Sir… - … to Conduct You to the Old Bailey! - The Charge is Prepared; the Lawyers Are Met (Lockit, Lucy Lockit, Polly, Macheath, Lockit, Peachum, Omnes, Mrs. Peachum)

Donald Maxwell, Sarah Fox, Tom Randle, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia

5:10

Would I Might Be Hanged! (Polly, Lucy Lockit, Macheath)

Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

1:59

But Surely You Don't Intend That Macheath Shall Really Be Executed? (Mat of the Mint, Beggar, Ben Budge, Lucy Lockit, Polly, Lockit, Peachum)

Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Sirena Tocco, Christian Curnyn, Aidan Smith, Sarah Fox, Ben Thapa

1:18

Thus I Stand Like a Turk, With His Doxies Around (Macheath, Mrs, Peachum, Peachum, Ladies of the Town, Gentlemen of the Road, Lucy Lockit, Polly, Mrs. Trapes, Lockit)

Leah-Marian Jones, Donald Maxwell, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, Sarah Fox, Frances McCafferty, City of London Sinfonia

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
City of London Sinfonia

Orchestra
Christian Curnyn

Conductor

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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