‎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)

Jeremy White, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

1:18

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

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

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

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

1:17

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

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

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)

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

1:52

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

City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, Susan Bickley

0:29

Come Hither, Filch (Mrs. Peachum, Filch)

Robert Anthony Gardiner, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, 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)

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

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

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

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, Leah-Marian Jones, Susan Bickley

2:17

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

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

0:53

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

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

1:45

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

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

0:49

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

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

1:51

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

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

3:02

My Heart Was So Free (Macheath, Polly)

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

0:48

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

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

1:59

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

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

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

Tom Randle, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn, 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)

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

0:41

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:37

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

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

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)

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

4:35

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

Tom Randle, Miranda Westcott, 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)

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

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

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)

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

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

0:52

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

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

3:28

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

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

2:32

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

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

1:13

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

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

0:45

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

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

1:08

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

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

1:42

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

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

1:09

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

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

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

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

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

0:49

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

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

3:19

Ungrateful Macheath! (Lucy Lockit, Lockit)

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

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,

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

2:43

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

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

2:14

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn

1:07

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

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

2:12

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

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

1:38

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

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

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

1:45

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

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

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)

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

2:00

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

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

1:54

O Cruel, Cruel Case! (Macheath, Jailer)

Tom Randle, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia

5:10

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

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

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

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)

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
City of London Sinfonia

Orchestra
Christian Curnyn

Conductor

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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