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