‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Thomas Randle

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Sirena Tocco

1:17

Overture

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

4:24

Through All the Employments of Life (Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White

1:18

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

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

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, Christian Curnyn, 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)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley

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)

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

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)

Christian Curnyn, Robert Anthony Gardiner, Susan Bickley, 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)

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

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

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

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, Leah-Marian Jones, Susan Bickley

2:17

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

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

0:53

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:49

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

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

1:51

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

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

3:02

My Heart Was So Free (Macheath, Polly)

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

0:48

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

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

1:59

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

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

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

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

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

0:41

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:37

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

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

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)

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

4:35

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

Christian Curnyn, Miranda Westcott, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, 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)

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

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

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

0:52

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

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

3:28

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

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

0:44

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

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

2:32

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

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

1:13

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

Donald Maxwell, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn, 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, Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell

1:08

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

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

1:42

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

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

1:09

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

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

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

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

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

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,

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

2:43

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

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

2:14

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

1:07

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

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

2:12

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

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

1:38

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

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

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

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

1:55

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:41

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

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, 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)

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

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

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

5:10

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

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

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Christian Curnyn

Conductor
City of London Sinfonia

Orchestra

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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