"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"Through All the Employments of Life"
Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Christopher Gillet
"Women Are Bitter Bad Judges in These Cases. If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet
"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"
Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Ann Murray
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"My Heart Was so Free"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Ann Murray
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, 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"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed with Cares"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Philip Langridge
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Debbie Miles-Johnson, Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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, John Rawnsley, 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"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, 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"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"But All Scores Have a Reckoning"
Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Dear Sir, Mention Not My Education. When Young at the Bar"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"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"
Philip Langridge, Declan Mulholland, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
Robert Lloyd, Nuala Willis, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, 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"
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"
Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"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, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
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, 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"
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"
Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Steuart Bedford, Yvonne Kenny, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge
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 Choir, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra