‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Thomas Randle

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

City of London Sinfonia, Sirena Tocco, Christian Curnyn

1:17

Overture

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

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)

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

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

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

1:17

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

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

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)

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

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, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

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

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

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

1:17

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

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

2:17

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

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

0:53

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:49

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

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

1:51

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

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

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, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

1:59

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

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

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

0:41

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:37

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

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

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)

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

4:35

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

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

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

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

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, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

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)

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

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, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox

2:32

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

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

1:13

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

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

0:45

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

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

1:08

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

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

1:42

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

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

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)

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

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

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

1:06

Thus Gamesters United in Friendship Are Found (Lockit)

Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

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, Christian Curnyn, Sirena Tocco, Aidan Smith, Ben Thapa, Tom Randle

2:43

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

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

2:14

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

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

2:21

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

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Frances McCafferty, 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)

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

2:12

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

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

1:38

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

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

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

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

1:55

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Susan Bickley

Mezzo-Soprano
Christian Curnyn

Conductor

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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