"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Christopher Gillet
"Women Are Bitter Bad Judges in These Cases. If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet
"I Know As Well As Any of the Fine Ladies. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Robert Lloyd
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, Ann Murray
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"My Heart Was so Free"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Declan Mulholland, Philip Langridge
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 Choir, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed with Cares"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"Dear Mrs Coaxer, You're Welcome. Youth's the Season Made for Joys"
Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
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, Helen Templeton, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, 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, Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, The 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"
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, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"The First Time at the Looking-Glass"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Such Language, Brother! When You Censure the Age"
John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"Shall I Not Claim My Own? How Happy Could I Be with Either"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
"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?"
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"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Ann Murray
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"But All Scores Have a Reckoning"
Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Dear Sir, Mention Not My Education. When Young at the Bar"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford, The 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"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Nuala Willis, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"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"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
Pepusch: 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, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Oh Sir, If Peachum's Heart Is Hardened. When He Holds up His Hand"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Philip Langridge
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir