"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Yvonne Kenny
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Christopher Gillet, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
Ann Murray, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"My Heart Was so Free"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, 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, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, 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"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed with Cares"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Dear Mrs Coaxer, You're Welcome. Youth's the Season Made for Joys"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Helen Templeton, Philip Langridge
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Helen Templeton, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Steuart Bedford, Debbie Miles-Johnson, Helen Templeton, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
John Rawnsley, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Shall I Not Claim My Own? How Happy Could I Be with Either"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera - Realised Britten, Op. 43, Act II
"No Pow'r on Earth Can E'er Divide"
Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The 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, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford
"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, 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"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd, Nuala Willis, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"What Do I See! Oh! Macheath Again in Custody! Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
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"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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, John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford
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"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, John Rawnsley, Ann Murray
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir