‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by City of London Sinfonia

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

Christian Curnyn, Sirena Tocco, City of London Sinfonia

1:17

Overture

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

4:24

Through All the Employments of Life (Peachum)

Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

1:18

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

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

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

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

1:17

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

Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, 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)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley

0:53

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

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

0:54

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

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

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)

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

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley, 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)

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

2:17

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

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

0:53

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:49

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

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

1:51

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

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

3:02

My Heart Was So Free (Macheath, Polly)

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

0:48

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

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

1:59

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

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

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, 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)

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

0:41

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

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

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)

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

1:49

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

Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia

2:05

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

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

4:35

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

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

0:54

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

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

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, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

0:52

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

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

3:28

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

Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, 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, Sarah Fox, 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)

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

0:45

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

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

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)

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

1:09

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

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

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

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

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)

Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, 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,

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

2:43

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

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

2:14

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

Donald Maxwell, Frances McCafferty, 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)

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

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn

1:07

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

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

2:12

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

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

1:38

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

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

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

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

1:55

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:41

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

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

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, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

2:00

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

City of London Sinfonia, Donald Maxwell, 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)

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

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

5:10

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

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

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

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

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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