‎Britten: The Beggar's Opera by Susan Bickley

If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry (Beggar)

City of London Sinfonia, Sirena Tocco, Christian Curnyn

1:17

Overture

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

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)

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

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

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

1:17

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

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

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)

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley

0:53

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

Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley, 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)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

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

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

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

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

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, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

2:17

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

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

0:53

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:49

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

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

1:51

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

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

3:02

My Heart Was So Free (Macheath, Polly)

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

0:48

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

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

1:59

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

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

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

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

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)

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

0:41

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

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

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)

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

1:49

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

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Tom Randle

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, Clare McCaldin, Bernadette Lord, Tom Randle, Kathryn Jenkin, Siobhain Gibson

4:35

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

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

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

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)

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

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

0:52

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

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

3:28

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

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

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)

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, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Jeremy White

0:45

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

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

1:08

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

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

1:42

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

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

1:09

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

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

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

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

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)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, 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,

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

2:43

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

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

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)

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

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

Christian Curnyn, Sarah Fox, City of London Sinfonia

1:07

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

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

2:12

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

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

1:38

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

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

1:02

Come, Sweet Lass (Lucy Lockit, Polly)

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

1:55

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:41

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

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

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, City of London Sinfonia, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn

2:00

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Henry Purcell

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Susan Bickley

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Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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