‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Leah-Marian Jones

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Sirena Tocco

1:17

Overture

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

4:24

Through All the Employments of Life (Peachum)

Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia

1:18

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

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

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

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

1:17

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

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

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, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

0:53

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

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

0:54

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

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

1:52

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

Susan Bickley, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

Susan Bickley, Christian Curnyn, Robert Anthony Gardiner, 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)

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

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

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

1:17

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

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

2:17

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

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

0:53

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:49

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

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

1:51

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

Leah-Marian Jones, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, 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)

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

1:59

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

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

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, Leah-Marian Jones, 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)

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

0:41

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:37

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

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

1:49

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

City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn

2:05

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

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

4:35

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

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

0:54

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

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

1:32

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

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

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

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, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle

0:44

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

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

2:32

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

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

1:13

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

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

0:45

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

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

1:08

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

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

1:42

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

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

1:09

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

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

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)

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

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

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

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,

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

2:43

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

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

2:14

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

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

2:21

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

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

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)

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

2:12

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

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

1:38

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

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

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

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

1:55

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:41

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

Leah-Marian Jones, City of London Sinfonia, 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)

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

2:00

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

Christian Curnyn, Donald Maxwell, 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)

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

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia

5:10

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

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

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

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)

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
City of London Sinfonia

Orchestra
Susan Bickley

Mezzo-Soprano

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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