John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Prologue
"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Philip Langridge, Anne Collins, John Rawnsley
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Through All the Employments of Life"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Women Are Bitter Bad Judges in These Cases. If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Christopher Gillet, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"I Know As Well As Any of the Fine Ladies. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Anne Collins
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Ann Murray
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"My Heart Was so Free"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, Philip Langridge, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Success Attend You. Let Us Take the Road"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed with Cares"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Dear Mrs Coaxer, You're Welcome. Youth's the Season Made for Joys"
Helen Templeton, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Helen Templeton, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Helen Templeton, Debbie Miles-Johnson, Philip Langridge, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley
"Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"It Is the Pleasure of All You Fine Men. How Cruel Are the Traitors"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"The First Time at the Looking-Glass"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Such Language, Brother! When You Censure the Age"
John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"O Macheath! I Will Stay with Thee Till Death. Thus When the Swallow"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Shall I Not Claim My Own? How Happy Could I Be with Either"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera - Realised Britten, Op. 43, Act II
"No Pow'r on Earth Can E'er Divide"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"But All Scores Have a Reckoning"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland
"Dear Sir, Mention Not My Education. When Young at the Bar"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Thus Gamesters United in Friendship"
John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"And Macheath, At Liberty and at Large.The Modes of the Court"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Declan Mulholland, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, Nuala Willis
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear. I'm Like a Skiff on the Ocean Tossed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"But Perhaps He Hath a Heart Not Capable of It. Among the Men Coquets We Find"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"What Do I See! Oh! Macheath Again in Custody! Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Dear, Dear Father, Sink the Evidence. When My Hero in Court Appears"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"Oh Sir, If Peachum's Heart Is Hardened. When He Holds up His Hand"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Ourselves, Like the Great"
John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"We Are Ready, Sir, To Conduct You to the Old Bailey. The Charge Is Prepared"
Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, Philip Langridge, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Aldeburgh Festival Choir