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John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" (Overture and Music Harmonized by John Pepusch) [Ed. Denis Stevens]

John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" (Overture and Music Harmonized by John Pepusch) [Ed. Denis Stevens]

Shirley Minty, Margaret Cable, Patricia Clark, Edgar Fleet, Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins
1977
Johann Christoph Pepusch
The Beggar's Opera
1:19:47
Introduction - Overture
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
3:42
Air I. An old Woman clothed in Gray, &c.
Denis Stevens, Edgar Fleet, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:08
Air II. The bonny gray-ey’d Morn, &c.
Denis Stevens, Vernon Midgley, Accademia Monteverdiana
2:05
Air III. Cold and raw, &c.
Denis Stevens, Margaret Cable, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:26
Air IV. Why is your faithful Slave disdain’d?
Denis Stevens, Margaret Cable, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:27
Air V. Of all the simple Things we do, &c.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Margaret Cable, Denis Stevens
0:50
Air VI. What shall I do to show how much I love her, &c.
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins
2:48
Air VII. Oh London is a fine Town.
Margaret Cable, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Edgar Fleet
0:45
Air VIII. Grim King of the Ghosts, &c.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Angela Jenkins
1:22
Air IX. O Jenny, O Jenny, where hast thou been.
Margaret Cable, Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens
0:50
Air X. Thomas, I cannot, &c.
Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
0:58
Air XI. A Soldier and a Sailor.
Edgar Fleet, Accademia Monteverdiana, Margaret Cable, Denis Stevens
1:02
Air XII. Now ponder well, ye Parents dear.
Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
0:50
Air XIII. Le printemps rappelle aux armes.
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins
1:18
Air XIV. Pretty Parrot, say.
Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens, Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:33
Air XV. Pray, Fair one, be kind.
Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana
0:54
Air XVI. Over the Hills and far away.
Angela Jenkins, Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:33
Air XVII. Gin thou wert mine awn thing.
Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:21
Air XVIII. O the Broom, &c.
Angela Jenkins, Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:13
Air XIX. Fill every Glass, &c.
Denis Stevens, Peter Hall, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:13
Air XX. March in Rinaldo.
Denis Stevens, Peter Hall, Accademia Monteverdiana
0:58
Air XXI. Would you have a young Virgin, &c.
Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:03
Air XXII. Cotillon.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Patricia Clark, Denis Stevens
0:57
Air XXIII. All in a misty Morning, &c.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Patricia Clark
1:14
Air XXIV. When once I lay with another Man’s Wife, &c.
Denis Stevens, Patricia Clark, Accademia Monteverdiana
0:43
Air XXV. When first I laid Siege to my Chloris, &c.
Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana
0:49
Air XXVI. Courtiers, Courtiers, think it no Harm, &c.
Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
0:57
Air XXVII. A lovely Lass to a Friar came.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Shirley Minty
0:43
Air XXVIII. 'Twas when the Sea was roaring, &c.
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty
1:06
Air XXIX. The Sun has loos’d his weary Teams, &c.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens
0:57
Air XXX. How happy are we, &c.
John Noble, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
0:49
Air XXXI. Of a noble Race was Shenkin.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Shirley Minty
1:11
Air XXXII.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, John Noble
1:05
Air XXXIII. London Ladies.
Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens
1:14
Air XXXIV. All in the Downs, &c.
Denis Stevens, Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:14
Air XXXV. Have you heard of a frolicksome Ditty, &c.
Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens
0:45
Air XXXVI. Irish Trot.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Shirley Minty, Angela Jenkins
0:31
Air XXXVII.
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins
1:27
Air XXXVIII. Good-morrow, Gossip Joan.
Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty
0:48
Air XXXIX. Irish Howl.
Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens
1:24
Air XL. The Lass of Patie’s Mill, &c.
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty
1:28
Air XLI.
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty
2:00
Air XLII. South-Sea Ballad.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Shirley Minty
1:08
Air XLIII. Packington’s Pound.
John Noble, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens
1:30
Air XLIV. LIllibullero.
Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:17
Air XLV. Down in the North Country, &c.
John Noble, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:16
Air XLVI. A Shepherd kept Sheep, &c.
Denis Stevens, Elizabeth Lane, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:15
Air XLVII. One Evening, having lost my Way, &c.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty, Denis Stevens
0:59
Air XLVIII. Now Roger, I'll tell thee because thou’rt my Son.
Shirley Minty, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:05
Air XLIX. O Bessy Bell.
Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty
1:48
Air L. Would Fate to me Belinda give.
Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens
1:18
Air LI. Come, sweet Lass.
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty
1:20
Air LIII. Tom Tinker’s my true Love.
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Angela Jenkins, Shirley Minty
0:55
Air LIV. I am a poor Shepherd undone.
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers
0:48
Air LV. lanthe the lovely, &c.
Denis Stevens, Angela Jenkins, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:30
Air LV. lanthe the lovely, &c.
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Shirley Minty
1:36
Air LVI. A Cobler there was, &c.
Denis Stevens, John Noble, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:17
Air LVII. Bonny Dundee.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers
0:59
Air LVIII. Happy Groves.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens
0:30
Air LIX. Of all the Girls that are so smart.
Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
0:27
Air LX. Britons strike home.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers
0:23
Air LXI. Chevy Chase.
Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana
0:11
Air LXII. To old Sir Simon the King.
Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana
0:16
Air LXIII. Joy to Great Caesar.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens
0:14
Air LXIV. There was an old Woman.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers, Denis Stevens
0:18
Air LXV. Did you ever hear of a gallant Sailor.
Accademia Monteverdiana, Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers
0:16
Air LXVI. Why are mine Eyes still flowing.
Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers
0:19
Air LXVII. Green Sleeves.
Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana
1:04
Air LXVII. All you that must take a Leap, &c.
Angela Jenkins, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Nigel Rogers, Shirley Minty
1:24
Air LXIX. Lumps of Pudding, &c.
Denis Stevens, Nigel Rogers, Accademia Monteverdiana
2:15

18 March 1977 70 Tracks, 1 hour 19 minutes ℗ 1979 Heritage Music Royalties

RECORD LABEL

Musical Concepts

  • Johann Christoph Pepusch

    Composer

  • Margaret Cable

    Mezzo-Soprano

  • Nigel Rogers

    Tenor

  • Peter Hall

    Tenor

  • John Noble

    Baritone

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