‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Christian Curnyn

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)

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

1:17

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

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

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)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley

0:53

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

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

0:54

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

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

1:52

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

Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

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

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, Leah-Marian Jones, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, Susan Bickley, 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)

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

1:45

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

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

0:49

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

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

1:51

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

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

3:02

My Heart Was So Free (Macheath, Polly)

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

0:48

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

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

1:59

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

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

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

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

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)

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

0:41

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

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

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)

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

1:49

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

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle

2:05

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

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

4:35

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

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

0:54

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

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

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

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)

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

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

0:52

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

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

3:28

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

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

0:44

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

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

2:32

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

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

1:13

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

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

0:45

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

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

1:08

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

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

1:42

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

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

1:09

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

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

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)

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

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

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)

City of London Sinfonia, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn

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,

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

2:43

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

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

2:14

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

1:07

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

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

2:12

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

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

1:38

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

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

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

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

1:55

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:41

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

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

2:00

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

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

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)

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

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

5:10

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

Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle, Sarah Fox, 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)

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

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Christian Curnyn

Conductor
City of London Sinfonia

Orchestra

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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