John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Prologue
"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
John Rawnsley, Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Prologue
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Christopher Gillet, Robert Lloyd
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Christopher Gillet
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"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"
Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"I Know As Well As Any of the Fine Ladies. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"My Heart Was so Free"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
Declan Mulholland, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, 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, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed with Cares"
Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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 Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Helen Templeton, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Debbie Miles-Johnson, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley
"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
H. Purcell: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"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"
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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, Ann Murray, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, John Rawnsley, Yvonne Kenny, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
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"
Declan Mulholland, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, Robert Lloyd
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Nuala Willis, John Rawnsley
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, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
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, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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"
John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Philip Langridge, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny
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 Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir