"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Anne Collins, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Philip Langridge, Yvonne Kenny
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Christopher Gillet, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd
"Women Are Bitter Bad Judges in These Cases. If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Christopher Gillet, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd
"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, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"My Heart Was so Free"
Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The 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, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed with Cares"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Dear Mrs Coaxer, You're Welcome. Youth's the Season Made for Joys"
Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Debbie Miles-Johnson, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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
"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"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera - Realised Britten, Op. 43, Act II
"No Pow'r on Earth Can E'er Divide"
Philip Langridge, John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Thus Gamesters United in Friendship"
John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
Nuala Willis, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd, 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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"What Do I See! Oh! Macheath Again in Custody! Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
Britten: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"Oh Sir, If Peachum's Heart Is Hardened. When He Holds up His Hand"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Ourselves, Like the Great"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd
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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, John Rawnsley
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, 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"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra