‎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, Jeremy White, City of London Sinfonia

1:18

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

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

0:42

Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind (Filch, Peachum)

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

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)

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, City of London Sinfonia, Susan Bickley, Jeremy White

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, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, 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)

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

2:23

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

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

1:19

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

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

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)

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

0:53

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

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

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)

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

1:51

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

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

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)

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

1:59

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

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

0:55

The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees (Macheath, Polly)

City of London Sinfonia, Leah-Marian Jones, Tom Randle, 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, Christian Curnyn, Thomas Barnard, Mark Saberton, Paul Hopwood, City of London Sinfonia, Bryn Evans, Ben Thapa

0:41

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:37

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

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

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)

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

4:35

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

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

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

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, Jeremy White, Bernadette Lord, Siobhain Gibson, Katherine Paterson, Miranda Westcott, Tom Randle, 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)

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

0:47

Noble Captain, You Are Welcome (Lockit, Macheath)

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

0:52

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

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

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)

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

2:32

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

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

1:13

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

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

0:45

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

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

1:08

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

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

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)

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

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

1:26

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

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

2:48

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

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

1:05

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

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

2:00

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

Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, 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)

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

1:06

Thus Gamesters United in Friendship Are Found (Lockit)

City of London Sinfonia, Donald Maxwell, Christian Curnyn

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

2:43

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

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

2:14

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:39

Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear (Lucy Lockit)

Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, 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, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn

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)

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, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn

1:55

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

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

1:45

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

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

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, Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Christian Curnyn

2:00

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

Donald Maxwell, City of London Sinfonia, Jeremy White, 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)

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

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)

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

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, City of London Sinfonia, Ben Thapa, Sirena Tocco, Sarah Fox, Christian Curnyn, 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)

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

1:53

Benjamin Britten

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch

Composer
Susan Bickley

Mezzo-Soprano
City of London Sinfonia

Orchestra

Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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