John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Prologue
If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Warren Mitchell, Sir Michael Hordern
Gay: The Beggar's Opera
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Sir Michael Hordern, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Richard Bonynge, Warren Mitchell, James Morris, Alfred Marks, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Regina Resnik, Joan Sutherland
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I
Through All the Employments of Life
Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind
Richard Bonynge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury
If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear
Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury
A Maid Is Like The Golden Ore
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Richard Bonynge
Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti
Our Polly Is a Sad Slut
Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury
Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Richard Bonynge
O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed
Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Richard Bonynge
O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe – The Turtle Thus With Plaintive Crying
Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Richard Bonynge, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Pretty Polly Say
Were I Laid On Greenland's Coast
Yes, I Would Go With Thee – O! What Pain It Is to Part!
Fill Ev'ry Glass
Richard Bonynge, John Gibbs, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Morris, Graham Clark
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II
If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed With Cares
Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Morris, Warren Mitchell
Youth's the Season Made for Joys
Anne Wilkens, Richard Bonynge, Ann Murray, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Morris
Before the Barn Door Crowing
Anne Wilkens, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Morris, Ann Murray
The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike
National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Morris, Richard Bonynge, Ann Murray, Anne Wilkens, Alfredo Mariotti
At the Tree I Shall Suffer With Pleasure
Man May Escape from Rope and Gun
Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat
How Cruel Are the Traitors
The First Time At the Looking-Glass
When You Censure the Age
Is Then His Fate Decreed, Sir?
You'll Think, Ere Many Days Ensue
Thus When the Swallow
How Happy Could I Be With Either
Cease Your Funning
Why How Now, Madam Flirt?
No. Pow'r On Earth Can E'er Divide
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act III
Introduction – To Be Sure, Wench, You Must've Been
And so You Have Let Him Escape – My Love Is All Madness
The Modes of the Court
What Gudgeons Are We Men
Stafford Dean, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Alfredo Mariotti, Richard Bonynge, Regina Resnik
in the Days of My Youth
Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Joan Sutherland, Stafford Dean, Richard Bonynge, Regina Resnik
I'm Like a Skiff On the Ocean Tossed
Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow
Stafford Dean, Richard Bonynge, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Joan Sutherland
Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes
Richard Bonynge, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra
Which Way Shall I Turn Me
When My Hero in Court Appears
When He Holds Up His Hand
Stafford Dean, Alfredo Mariotti, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Morris
O Cruel, Cruel Case
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Joan Sutherland, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Morris, Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti
Would I Might Be Hanged!
Alfredo Mariotti, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Morris
But, Honest Friend, I Hope You Don't Intend
Warren Mitchell, Sir Michael Hordern, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Morris, Richard Bonynge
Production
- Andrew CornallProducer
- Stanley GoodallBalance Engineer
- James LockBalance Engineer