"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Anne Collins, Yvonne Kenny, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet
"Women Are Bitter Bad Judges in These Cases. If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford
"I Know As Well As Any of the Fine Ladies. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Anne Collins, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"My Heart Was so Free"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Declan Mulholland
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, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"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 Choir, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Helen Templeton, Steuart Bedford
"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"
Helen Templeton, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Debbie Miles-Johnson, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, Philip Langridge
"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"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"The First Time at the Looking-Glass"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Such Language, Brother! When You Censure the Age"
John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"Shall I Not Claim My Own? How Happy Could I Be with Either"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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 Choir, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge
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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley
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, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"What Do I See! Oh! Macheath Again in Custody! Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
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"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"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"
Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"We Are Ready, Sir, To Conduct You to the Old Bailey. The Charge Is Prepared"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir