‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Donald Maxwell

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)

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

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

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

1:17

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

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

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, Susan Bickley, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia

0:54

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

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

1:52

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

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

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

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

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

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

1:17

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

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

2:17

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

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

0:53

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

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

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)

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

1:51

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

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

3:02

My Heart Was So Free (Macheath, Polly)

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

0:48

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

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

1:59

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

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

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, 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)

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

0:41

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:37

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

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

1:49

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

Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

2:05

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

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

4:35

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

Tom Randle, Clare McCaldin, City of London Sinfonia, 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)

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

1:32

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

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

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)

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

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

0:52

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

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

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)

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

2:32

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

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

1:13

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

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

0:45

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

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

1:08

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

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

1:42

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

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

1:09

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

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

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

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

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,

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

2:43

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

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

2:14

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

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

2:21

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

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

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)

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

2:12

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

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

1:38

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

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

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

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

1:55

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:41

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

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, 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)

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

2:00

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

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

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, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White, Tom Randle, Leah-Marian Jones, Sarah Fox

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, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones

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)

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

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
City of London Sinfonia

Orchestra
Susan Bickley

Mezzo-Soprano

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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