John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Prologue
"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, Anne Collins
Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Prologue
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Through All the Employments of Life"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Christopher Gillet, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Christopher Gillet, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Christopher Gillet, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, 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"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, 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"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"My Heart Was so Free"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Success Attend You. Let Us Take the Road"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, 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"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Helen Templeton, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Helen Templeton, Robert Lloyd, Debbie Miles-Johnson, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford
"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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley
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, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"Shall I Not Claim My Own? How Happy Could I Be with Either"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera - Realised Britten, Op. 43, Act II
"No Pow'r on Earth Can E'er Divide"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"But All Scores Have a Reckoning"
Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
Nuala Willis, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford
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"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford
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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"What Do I See! Oh! Macheath Again in Custody! Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
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"
Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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