John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Prologue
"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, John Rawnsley, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Yvonne Kenny, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford, 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, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"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"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Anne Collins
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, 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, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, 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"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Declan Mulholland, 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"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Helen Templeton, Philip Langridge, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Debbie Miles-Johnson, Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge
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, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford
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"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera - Realised Britten, Op. 43, Act II
"No Pow'r on Earth Can E'er Divide"
Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, 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"
Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Nuala Willis, 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, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, 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"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, 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, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir