‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Jeremy White

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

City of London Sinfonia, Sirena Tocco, Christian Curnyn

1:17

Overture

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

4:24

Through All the Employments of Life (Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White

1:18

Sir, Black Moll Hath Sent Word (Flich, Peachum)

Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Robert Anthony Gardiner

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

Robert Anthony Gardiner, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

1:17

But It is Now High Time to Look About Me (Peachum, Mrs. Peachum)

Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White

1:13

Women Indeed Are Bitter Bad Judges … Ev'ry Man Handsom Who is Going to the Camp - If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear (Mrs. Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia

0:53

Was Captain Macheath Here This Morning? (Peachum, Mrs. Peachum)

Jeremy White, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

0:54

If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade (Mrs. Peachum, Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia

1:52

A Maid is Like the Golden Ore (Mrs. Peachum)

Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

Robert Anthony Gardiner, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

0:59

I Know as Well as Any of the Fine Ladies - Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre (Polly, Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White

2:23

Our Polly is a Sad Slut! (Mrs. Peachum, Peachum, Polly, Omnes)

Jeremy White, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn

1:19

Can Love Be Controlled by Advice? (Polly, Mrs. Peachum, Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White

1:17

The Girl Shows Such a Readiness - O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed (Polly, Mrs. Peachum, Omnes)

Leah-Marian Jones, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

2:17

I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed (Polly, Mrs. Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia

0:53

A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir (Peachum, Mrs. Peachum, Polly)

Leah-Marian Jones, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia

1:45

O Ponder Well! Be Not Severe (Polly, Mrs. Peachum)

Leah-Marian Jones, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

0:49

The Turtle Thus With Plaintive Crying, Her Lover Dying (Polly, Mrs. Peachum, Peachum)

Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn

1:51

Now I'm a Wretch Indeed! (Polly, Macheath, Omnes)

Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle

3:02

My Heart Was So Free (Macheath, Polly)

City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn

0:48

Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast (Macheath, Polly, Omnes)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle

1:59

O! What Pain It is to Part! (Polly, Macheath)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn

2:25

But Pr'thee, Mat, What is Become of Thy Brother Tom? (Mat of the Mint, Jemmy Twitcher, Nimming Ned, Harry Paddington, Wat Dreary)

Aidan Smith, City of London Sinfonia, Mark Saberton, Bryn Evans, Christian Curnyn, Paul Hopwood, Thomas Barnard, Ben Thapa

0:41

Fill Ev'ry Glass, for Wine Inspires Us (Gentlemen of the Road)

Ben Thapa, City of London Sinfonia, Aidan Smith, Mark Saberton, Christian Curnyn, Bryn Evans, Thomas Barnard, Paul Hopwood

0:49

Gentlemen, Well Met (Macheath, Mat of the Mint)

City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Ben Thapa, Christian Curnyn

0:37

I Shall Wish Myself With You - Let Us Take the Road (Macheath, Harry Paddington, Gentlemen of the Road)

Paul Hopwood, Christian Curnyn, Aidan Smith, City of London Sinfonia, Thomas Barnard, Bryn Evans, Ben Thapa, Tom Randle

1:49

If the Heart of a Man is Depressed With Cares (Macheath)

Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia

2:05

Dear Mrs. Coaxer, You Are Welcome - Youth's the Season Made for Joys (Macheath, Ladies of the Town)

Alison Place, Bernadette Lord, Kathryn Jenkin, Siobhain Gibson, City of London Sinfonia, Clare McCaldin, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

4:35

Now Pray, Ladies, Take Your Places (Macheath, Jenny Diver, Mrs. Coaxer)

Christian Curnyn, Miranda Westcott, Clare McCaldin, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle

0:54

It is Your Own Choice - Before the Barn-door Crowing (Jenny Diver, Ladies of the Town, Macheath, Dolly Trull, Suky Tawdry)

Siobhain Gibson, Miranda Westcott, Christian Curnyn, Clare McCaldin, Tom Randle, Bernadette Lord, City of London Sinfonia, Alison Place

1:32

But to Be Sure, Sir - the Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike (Jenny Diver, Ladies of the Town, Betty Doxy, Macheath, Peachum)

Bernadette Lord, Siobhain Gibson, Miranda Westcott, Christian Curnyn, Katherine Paterson, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, Clare McCaldin

1:39

The Gentlemen, Ladies, Lodges in Newgate - Constables, Wait Upon the Captain to His Lodgings - at the Tree I Shall Suffer With Pleasure (Peachum, Macheath)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White, Tom Randle

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, Donald Maxwell

0:52

Man May Escape From Rope and Gun (Macheath, Lucy Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

3:28

Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat (Lucy Lockit, Macheath)

Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

0:44

It is the Pleasure of All You Fine Men - How Cruel Are the Traytors (Lucy Lockit, Macheath)

City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

2:32

The First Time at the Looking Glass (Macheath, Lucy Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia

1:13

in This Last Affair, Brother Peachum, We Are Agreed (Lockit, Peachum)

Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White

0:45

Such Language, Brother, Anywhere Else - When You Censure the Age (Lockit, Lucy Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn

1:08

Is Then His Fate Decreed, Sir? (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox

1:42

Though the Chaplain Was Out of the Way To-day (Lucy Lockit, Macheath, Polly)

Leah-Marian Jones, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn

1:09

Thus When the Swallow Seeking Prey (Polly, Macheath, Lucy Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones

1:54

If Women's Tongues Can Cease for an Answer - I Will Not! - How Happy Could I Be With Either - I'm Bubbled, Oh How I Am Troubled! (Macheath, Lucy Lockit, Polly)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn

1:26

Cease Your Funning (Polly, Macheath, Lucy Lockit, Omnes)

Sarah Fox, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

2:48

Why How Now, Madam Flirt! (Lucy Lockit, Polly, Peachum, Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Donald Maxwell

1:05

Now Power on Earth Can E'er Divide (Lucy Lockit, Macheath, Lockit, Peachum, Omnes)

Sarah Fox, Jeremy White, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell

2:00

To Be Sure, Wench, You Must Have Been Aiding and Abetting (Lockit, Lucy Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

0:49

Dear Sir, Mention Not My Education (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

Donald Maxwell, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, Sarah Fox

1:06

Thus Gamesters United in Friendship Are Found (Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell

1:43

Our Scene Doth Represent a Gaming House - the Modes of the Court So Common Are Grown (Beggar, Macheath, Ben Budge, Mat of the Mint, Omnes)ar,

Tom Randle, Sirena Tocco, Ben Thapa, City of London Sinfonia, Aidan Smith, Christian Curnyn

2:43

The Coronation Account, Brother Peachum (Lockit, Peachum, Mrs. Trapes)

Frances McCafferty, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn

2:14

in the Days of My Youth I Could Bill Like a Dove (Mrs. Trapes, Lockit, Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Frances McCafferty, Jeremy White, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn

2:21

in the Days of My Youth I Could Bill Like a Dove (Mrs. Trapes, Beggar)

Christian Curnyn, Sirena Tocco, Frances McCafferty, City of London Sinfonia

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

1:07

I Have the Rat's-bane Ready (Lucy Lockit, Filch, Polly)

Robert Anthony Gardiner, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox

2:12

A Curse Attends a Woman's Love (Polly, Lucy Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones

1:38

When I Was Forced From Him (Polly, Lucy Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox, Leah-Marian Jones

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn

1:55

Now Every Glimmering of Happiness is Lost (Polly, Lucy Lockit, Macheath, Peachum)

City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Tom Randle, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White

1:45

Which Way Shall I Turn Me, How Can I Decide? (Macheath, Polly)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

0:41

Dear, Dear Sir, Sink the Material Evidence (Polly)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn

1:53

How Then Can You Be a Tyrant to Me - When He Holds Up His Hand Arraigned for His Life (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia

2:00

Ourselves, Like the Great, to Secure a Retreat (Lockit, Peachum)

Donald Maxwell, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

0:45

We Are Ready, Sir… - … to Conduct You to the Old Bailey! - The Charge is Prepared; the Lawyers Are Met (Lockit, Lucy Lockit, Polly, Macheath, Lockit, Peachum, Omnes, Mrs. Peachum)

Tom Randle, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle

5:10

Would I Might Be Hanged! (Polly, Lucy Lockit, Macheath)

City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox

1:59

But Surely You Don't Intend That Macheath Shall Really Be Executed? (Mat of the Mint, Beggar, Ben Budge, Lucy Lockit, Polly, Lockit, Peachum)

Aidan Smith, Ben Thapa, Donald Maxwell, Sirena Tocco, City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn

1:18

Thus I Stand Like a Turk, With His Doxies Around (Macheath, Mrs, Peachum, Peachum, Ladies of the Town, Gentlemen of the Road, Lucy Lockit, Polly, Mrs. Trapes, Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Frances McCafferty, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Donald Maxwell, Tom Randle

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Christian Curnyn

Conductor
City of London Sinfonia

Orchestra

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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