‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Thomas Randle

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

Sirena Tocco, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

1:17

Overture

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

4:24

Through All the Employments of Life (Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White

1:18

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

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

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

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

1:17

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

Susan Bickley, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, 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)

Susan Bickley, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

0:53

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

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

0:54

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

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

1:52

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

Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley, City of London Sinfonia

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

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

0:59

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

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

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

Leah-Marian Jones, Susan Bickley, Christian Curnyn, 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)

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

2:17

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

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

0:53

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:49

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

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

1:51

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

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

3:02

My Heart Was So Free (Macheath, Polly)

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

0:48

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

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

1:59

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

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

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

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

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)

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

0:41

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:37

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

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

1:49

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

Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

2:05

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

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

4:35

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

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

0:54

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

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

1:32

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

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

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, Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

0:52

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

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

3:28

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

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

0:44

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

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

2:32

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

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

1:13

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

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

0:45

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

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

1:08

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

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

1:42

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

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

1:09

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

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

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)

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

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

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

1:06

Thus Gamesters United in Friendship Are Found (Lockit)

Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

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,

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

2:43

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

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

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, Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell

2:21

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

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

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox

1:07

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

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

2:12

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

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

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)

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

1:55

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:41

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

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

1:53

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

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

2:00

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

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

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)

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

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

5:10

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Christian Curnyn

Conductor
Susan Bickley

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Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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