‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Susan Bickley

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

Sirena Tocco, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

1:17

Overture

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

4:24

Through All the Employments of Life (Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn

1:18

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

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

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

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

1:17

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

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

Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

0:53

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

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

0:54

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

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

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)

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

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, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

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

1:17

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

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

2:17

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

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

0:53

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:49

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

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

1:51

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

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

3:02

My Heart Was So Free (Macheath, Polly)

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

0:48

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

0:41

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:37

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

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

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

4:35

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

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

0:54

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

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

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

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

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

0:52

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

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

3:28

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

Sarah Fox, Tom Randle, 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)

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

2:32

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

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

1:13

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

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

0:45

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

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

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)

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

1:09

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

Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle, Sarah Fox, 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, Tom Randle, Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

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

1:06

Thus Gamesters United in Friendship Are Found (Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, 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,

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

2:43

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

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

2:14

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

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

2:21

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

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

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)

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

2:12

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

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

1:38

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

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

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

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

1:55

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

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

1:45

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

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

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)

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

2:00

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

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

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)

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

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle

5:10

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

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

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

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)

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Susan Bickley

Mezzo-Soprano
City of London Sinfonia

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Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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