‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Christian Curnyn

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Sirena Tocco

1:17

Overture

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

4:24

Through All the Employments of Life (Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White

1:18

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

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

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

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

1:17

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

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

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

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, City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley, Robert Anthony Gardiner, 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)

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

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

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

1:17

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

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

2:17

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

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

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)

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

0:49

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

Jeremy White, Susan Bickley, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, 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)

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

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

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

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

0:41

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:37

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

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

1:49

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

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

2:05

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

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

4:35

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

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

1:32

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

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

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, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

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)

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

0:44

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

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

2:32

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

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

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)

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

1:08

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

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

1:42

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

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

1:09

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

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

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)

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

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

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,

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

2:43

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

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

2:14

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

1:07

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

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

2:12

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

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

1:38

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

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

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

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

1:55

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:41

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

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

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, Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia

2:00

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

Jeremy White, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, 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)

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

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

5:10

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

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

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)

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

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Henry Purcell

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Christian Curnyn

Conductor

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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