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• CD01 TK 01 Benjamin Britten The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) Introduction
• CD01 TK 02 Benjamin Britten The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) Overture
• CD01 TK 03 Benjamin Britten The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 1 Peachum Through all the employments of life
• CD01 TK 04 Benjamin Britten The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) Filch Sir black Moll hath sent word
• CD01 TK 05 Benjamin Britten The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 2 Filch Tis Woman that seduces all Mankind
• CD01 TK 06 Benjamin Britten The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) Peachum But it is now high time to look about me
• CD01 TK 07 Benjamin Britten The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) Mrs Peachum Women indeed are b itter bad judges
• CD01 TK 08 Benjamin Britten The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) Peachum Was Captain Macheath here this morning?
• CD01 TK 09 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 4 Mrs Peachum If Love the Virgins Heart invade
• CD01 TK 10 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 5 Mrs Peachum A Maid is like the Golden ore
• CD01 TK 11 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) Mrs Peachum Come hither Filch
• CD01 TK 12 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 6 Polly I know as well as any of the fine ladies
• CD01 TK 13 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 7 Mrs Peachum Our Polly is a sad slut!
• CD01 TK 14 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 8 Polly Can Love be controlled by Advice?
• CD01 TK 15 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 9 Mrs Peachum The girls shows such a readiness
• CD01 TK 16 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 10 Polly I like a Ship in storms was tossed
• CD01 TK 17 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 11 Peachum and Mrs Peachum A fox may steal your hens Sir
• CD01 TK 18 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 12 Polly O ponder well! Be not severe
• CD01 TK 19 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 13 Polly The Turtle thus with plaintive crying her Lover dying
• CD01 TK 20 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 14 Melodrame Polly Now Im a wretch indeed!
• CD01 TK 21 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 15 Macheath My heart was so free
• CD01 TK 22 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 16 Macheath Were I laid on Greenlands coast
• CD01 TK 23 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 17 Polly O! what pain it is to part!
• CD01 TK 24 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 18 Macheath The Miser thus a shilling sees
• CD01 TK 25 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) Ben Budge But prthee Mat what is become of thy brother Tom?
• CD01 TK 26 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 19 Gentlemen of the Road Fill evry glassd for wine inspires us
• CD01 TK 27 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) Macheath Gentlemen well met
• CD01 TK 28 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 20 Macheath I shall wish myself with you
• CD01 TK 29 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 21 Macheath If the heart of a man is depressed with cares
• CD01 TK 30 The Beggars Opera Op 43 (1947 48) 22 Macheath Dear Mrs Coaxer you are welcome

The popularity of Britten’s three chamber operas proper (The Rape of Lucretia, Albert Herring and The

Turn of the Screw) has tended to somewhat overshadow his brilliant adaptation of John Gay’s The

Beggar’s Opera, the realisation of which was completed in 1948.

First seen in 1728, this original ballad opera weaving popular tunes of the day from England, Scotland

and Ireland (with some Handel and Purcell thrown in) as it depicted the goings-on in London’s criminal

underworld. Many different versions have been made of The Beggar’s Opera, but Britten’s version, from

1948, stands out through its skilful, sensitive treatment of the original music realized from the original

airs. Britten’s interest in The Beggar’s Opera as a vehicle for the newly-formed English Opera Group

stemmed naturally from his love of folk-song. Britten used 66 of the original 69 airs and twice combined

two of the songs. He described the airs as “the most characteristically English of any of our folk-songs.”

In January 2009 The Royal Opera presented a new production directed by Justin Way, featuring a strong

cast of Royal Opera performers including Tom Randle as Macheath, Jeremy White as Peachum, Leah-

Marian Jones’s as Polly and Sarah Fox as Lucy. They are ably accompanied by the City of London

Sinfonia, conducted by Christian Curnyn. This recording was made between these performances.

The Stage noted ‘The cast is beyond reproach. Jeremy White sings, acts and delivers his dialogue as

Peachum with equal naturalness, Leah-Marian Jones struts her stuff uninhibitedly as Polly and Sarah Fox

as Macheath’s other lovestruck devotee, Lucy Lockit, sings affectingly, not least in her If Love’s a Sweet

Passion. But Tom Randle truly anchors the cast. He gives Macheath a somehow likeable sheen,

impressing as much with his vocal and acting talents and, before the philanderer’s sudden reprieve at the

opera’s end, elicits genuine pity as a condemned man.’ The Stage

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The Beggar’s Opera, Op 43

Realised from the original airs of John Gay’s ballad

opera

Tom Randle (tenor) / Leah-Marian Jones (mezzo soprano)

/ Sarah Fox (soprano) / Jeremy White (bass) / Susan

Bickley (mezzo-soprano) / Donald Maxwell (baritone) /

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Frances McCafferty (contralto) / Sirena Tocco (actor) /

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Realised from the original airs of John Gay’s ballad opera