John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Prologue
"If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Declan Mulholland
Gay, Britten: The Beggar's Opera
John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd, Yvonne Kenny, Anne Collins, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"Through All the Employments of Life"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, Steuart Bedford
"'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Christopher Gillet, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins
"Women Are Bitter Bad Judges in These Cases. If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins
"If Love the Virgin's Heart Invade"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, Christopher Gillet, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins
"I Know As Well As Any of the Fine Ladies. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre"
Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Our Polly Is a Sad Slut"
Steuart Bedford, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Anne Collins
"The Girl Shows Such a Readiness. O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed"
Steuart Bedford, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"I, Like a Ship in Storms, Was Tossed"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins
"A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Anne Collins
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe. The Turtle Thus with Plaintive Crying"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd
"Now I Am a Wretch Indeed. Pretty Polly Say"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"My Heart Was so Free"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge
"Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"O! What Pain It Is to Part!"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act I
"The Miser Thus a Shilling Sees"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford
"And Now Our Scene Changes. Fill Ev'ry Glass"
Steuart Bedford, Declan Mulholland, Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"Success Attend You. Let Us Take the Road"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed with Cares"
Philip Langridge, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Dear Mrs Coaxer, You're Welcome. Youth's the Season Made for Joys"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"It Is Your Own Choice. Before the Barn Door Crowing"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Helen Templeton, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"But to Be Sure. The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike. At the Tree I Shall Suffer with Pleasure"
Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd, Steuart Bedford, Helen Templeton, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Debbie Miles-Johnson, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Noble Captain, You Are Welcome Once More. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun"
Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"It Is the Pleasure of All You Fine Men. How Cruel Are the Traitors"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford
"The First Time at the Looking-Glass"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge
"Such Language, Brother! When You Censure the Age"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act II
"O Macheath! I Will Stay with Thee Till Death. Thus When the Swallow"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Steuart Bedford
"Shall I Not Claim My Own? How Happy Could I Be with Either"
Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge
"Really, Miss Peachum, You Expose Yourself! Cease Your Funning"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"Why How Now, Madam Flirt?"
Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera - Realised Britten, Op. 43, Act II
"No Pow'r on Earth Can E'er Divide"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"But All Scores Have a Reckoning"
Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Dear Sir, Mention Not My Education. When Young at the Bar"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford
"Thus Gamesters United in Friendship"
Steuart Bedford, John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"And Macheath, At Liberty and at Large.The Modes of the Court"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Declan Mulholland, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
"And Those Two Good Old Friends"
Declan Mulholland, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
"Bring Us Then More Liquor! What Gudgeons Are We Men"
Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"In the Days of My Youth"
Nuala Willis, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Jealousy, Rage, Love and Fear. I'm Like a Skiff on the Ocean Tossed"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford
"A Curse Attends a Woman's Love"
Ann Murray, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"But Perhaps He Hath a Heart Not Capable of It. Among the Men Coquets We Find"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow"
Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
"What Do I See! Oh! Macheath Again in Custody! Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Dear, Dear Father, Sink the Evidence. When My Hero in Court Appears"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray
"Oh Sir, If Peachum's Heart Is Hardened. When He Holds up His Hand"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford
"Ourselves, Like the Great"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Robert Lloyd, John Rawnsley, Steuart Bedford
"We Are Ready, Sir, To Conduct You to the Old Bailey. The Charge Is Prepared"
John Rawnsley, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Robert Lloyd, Aldeburgh Festival Choir
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Would I Might Be Hanged!"
Ann Murray, Philip Langridge, Yvonne Kenny, Steuart Bedford, The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (Realised by Britten) Act III
"Thus I Stand Like the Turk"
The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Choir