Gay: The Beggar's Opera

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		£15.49	£15.49	£15.49	The Beggar's Opera [149'28] arr. Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752)
CD1	1	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Act 1 No 1, Introduction: If poverty be a title to poetry (Beggar/Player) [1'57] Bob Hoskins (speaker), Ian Caddy (speaker)
	2	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Act 1 No 2, Dialogue: Overture [3'13]
	3	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 1 No 3 Air 1, 'An old woman clothed in gray': Through all the employments of life (Peachum) [0'59] Charles Daniels (tenor)
	4	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 1 No 4, Dialogue: Sir, Black Moll hath sent word (Filch/Peachum) [1'30] Charles Daniels (tenor), Ian Honeyman (tenor)
	5	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 1 No 5 Air 2, 'The bonny gray-ey'd morn' (Clarke): 'Tis woman that seduces all mankind (Filch/Peachum) [1'43] Ian Honeyman (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	6	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Act 1 No 6, Dialogue: But 'tis now high time to look about me (Peachum) [2'05] Charles Daniels (tenor)
	7	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 1 No 7, Dialogue: What of Bob Booty, husband? (Mrs Peachum/Peachum) [0'35] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	8	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Act 1 No 8 Air 3, 'Cold and raw': If any wench Venus's girdle wear (Mrs Peachum/Peachum) [3'45] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	9	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Act 1 No 9 Air 4, 'Why is your faithful slave disdain'd?' (attrib. Bononcini): If love the virgin's heart invade (Mrs Peachum/Peachum) [3'01] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	10	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 1 No 10, Dialogue: Never was a man more out the way in an argument (Mrs Peachum) [0'23] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
	11	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 1 No 11 Air 5, 'Of all the simple things we do': A maid is like the golden ore (Mrs Peachum) [0'42] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
	12	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Act 1 No 12, Dialogue: Come hither, Filch (Mrs Peachum/Filch) [2'17] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Ian Honeyman (tenor)
	13	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 1 No 13, Dialogue: I know as well as any of the fine ladies (Polly) [0'32] Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	14	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Act 1 No 14 Air 6, 'What shall I do to show how much I love her?' (Purcell): Virgins are like the fair flower in its lustre (Polly/Peachum) [2'01] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	15	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Act 1 No 15 Air 7, 'Oh London is a fine town': Our Poly is a sad slut! (Mrs Peachum/Peachum/Polly) [2'35] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	16	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Act 1 No 16 Air 8, 'Grim king of the ghosts': Can love be control'd by advice? (Polly/Mrs Peachum/Peachum) [2'17] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	17	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 1 No 17 Air 9, 'O Jenny, O Jenny, where hast thou been?': O Polly, you might have toy'd and kissed (Mrs Peachum/Polly) [1'41] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	18	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 1 No 18 Air 10, 'Thomas, I cannot': I like a ship in storms was tossed (Polly/Peachum) [1'14] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	19	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 1 No 19, Dialogue: Dear wife, be a little pacified (Peachum/Mrs Peachum) [0'53] Charles Daniels (tenor), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
	20	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 1 No 20 Air 11, 'A soldier and a sailor' (Eccles): A fox may steal your hens, sir (Peachum) [1'06] Charles Daniels (tenor)
	21	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Act 1 No 21, Dialogue: 'Twas only Nimming Ned (Polly/Peachum/Mrs Peachum) [1'49] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
	22	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 1 No 22 Air 12, 'Now ponder well, ye parents dear': Oh, ponder well! be not severe (Polly/Mrs Peachum) [1'19] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
	23	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 1 No 23 Air 13, 'Le printemps rappelle aux armes': The turtle thus with plaintive crying (Polly/Mrs Peachum/Peachum) [1'44] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	24	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 1 No 24, Dialogue: The thing, husband, must and shall be done (Mrs Peachum/Peachum) [0'49] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	25	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 1 No 25, Dialogue: Now I'm a wretch (Polly) [1'34] Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	26	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 1 No 26 Air 14, 'Pretty parrot, say' (Freeman): Pretty Polly, say (Macheath/Polly) [1'14] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	27	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 1 No 27 Air 15, 'Pray, fair one, be kind' (Leveridge): My heart was so free (Macheath/Polly) [1'10] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	28	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 1 No 28 Air 16, 'Over the hills and far away': Were I laid on Greenland's coast (Macheath/Polly) [1'13] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	29	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Act 1 No 29 Air 17, 'Gin thou wert mine awn thing': O what pain it is to part! (Polly/Macheath) [2'50] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	30	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 1 No 30 Air 18, 'O the broom': The miser thus a shilling sees (Macheath/Polly) [1'10] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	31	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Act 2 No 1, Dialogue: But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom? (Ben/Matt/Jemmy/Jack/Wat/Robin/Ned/Harry) [1'49] Karl Morgan (speaker), Roger Bryson (speaker), Alasdair Baker (speaker), Timothy Taylor (speaker), René Linnenbank (speaker), Robert Torday (speaker), Christopher Lemmings (speaker), Roy Rashbrook (tenor)
	32	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 2 No 2 Air 19, 'Fill ev'ry glass': Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us (Matt/company) [0'54] Roger Bryson (speaker)
	33	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Act 2 No 3, Dialogue: Gentlemen, well met (Macheath/Matt) [2'22] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Roger Bryson (speaker)
	34	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 2 No 4 Air 20, 'March in Rinaldo' (Handel): Let us take the road (Matt) [1'46] Roger Bryson (speaker)
	35	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 2 No 5, Dialogue: What a fool is a fond wench! (Macheath) [0'32] Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	36	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Act 2 No 6 Air 21, 'Would you have a young virgin?': If the heart of a man is deprest with cares (Macheath/Drawer) [2'25] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Robert Torday (speaker)
	37	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Act 2 No 7, Dialogue: Dear Mrs Coaxer, you are welcome (Macheath) [2'18] Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	38	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	Act 2 No 8 Air 22, 'Cotillon': Youth's the season made for joys (Macheath/Jenny/Coaxer/Vixen/Brazen) [3'29] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Caroline Harrison (speaker), Claire Rutter (soprano), Polly Kirwan (speaker)
	39	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Act 2 No 9 Air 23, 'All in a misty morning': Before the barn door crowing (Jenny/Macheath/Trull/Tawdry/Slammekin/Vixen) [1'51] Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Lucy Hayward (speaker), Jenevora Williams (speaker), Helen Lothian (speaker), Claire Rutter (soprano)
	40	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 2 No 10 Air 24, 'When once I lay with another man's wife': The gamesters and lawyers are jugglers alike (Jenny/Tawdry/Macheath) [1'17] Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Jenevora Williams (speaker), Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	41	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 2 No 11, Dialogue: I seize you, sir, as my prisoner (Peachum/Macheath) [0'43] Charles Daniels (tenor), Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	42	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 2 No 12 Air 25, 'When first I laid siege to my Chloris': At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure (Macheath/Peachum) [0'36] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	43	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 2 No 13, Dialogue: Look ye, Mrs Jenny (Vixen/Coaxer/Slammekin/Trull/Jenny) [0'58] Claire Rutter (soprano), Caroline Harrison (speaker), Helen Lothian (speaker), Lucy Hayward (speaker), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
	44	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 2 No 14, Dialogue: Noble Captain, you are welcome (Lockit/Macheath) [1'32] Richard Jackson (baritone), Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	45	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 2 No 15 Air 26, 'Courtiers, courtiers think it no harm': Man may escape from rope and gun (Macheath) [1'46] Adrian Thompson (tenor)
CD2	46	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 2 No 16, Dialogue: You base man, you! (Lucy) [0'17] Anne Dawson (soprano)
	47	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 2 No 17 Air 27, 'A lovely lass to a friar came': Thus when a good huswife sees a rat (Luch/Macheath) [0'53] Anne Dawson (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	48	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Act 2 No 18 Air 28, ''Twas when the sea was roaring' (Handel): How cruel are the traitors (Lucy/Macheath) [3'05] Anne Dawson (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	49	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 2 No 19 Air 29, 'The sun had loos'd his weary teams': The first time at the looking-glass (Macheath/Lucy) [1'09] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	50	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 2 No 20, Dialogue: In this last affair, brother Peachum (Lockit/Peachum) [1'01] Richard Jackson (baritone), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	51	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Act 2 No 21 Air 30, 'How happy are we' (Barrett): When you censure the age (Lockit/Peachum) [2'37] Richard Jackson (baritone), Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	52	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 2 No 21, Dialogue: Whence come you, hussy? (Lockit/Lucy) [0'35] Richard Jackson (baritone), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	53	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 2 No 23 Air 31, 'Of a noble race was Shenkin': Is then his fate decreed, sir? (Lucy/Lockit) [0'13] Anne Dawson (soprano), Richard Jackson (baritone)
	54	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Act 2 No 24 Air 32: You'll think e'er many days ensue (Lockit) [2'15] Richard Jackson (baritone)
	55	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 2 No 25, Dialogue: Though the ordinary was out of the way today (Lucy/Macheath) [0'35] Anne Dawson (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	56	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 2 No 26 Air 33, 'London ladies': If you at an office solicit your due (Macheath/Lucy) [0'41] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	57	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 2 No 27, Dialogue: Where is my dear husband? (Polly/Macheath/Lucy) [0'52] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	58	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	Act 2 No 28 Air 34, 'All in the Downs' (Sandoni): Thus when the swallow, seeking prey (Polly/Macheath/Lucy) [2'19] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	59	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 2 No 29 Air 35, 'Have you heard of a frolicksome ditty?': How happy could I be with either (Macheath/Polly/Lucy) [0'50] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Bronwen Mills (soprano), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	60	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 2 No 30 Air 36, 'Irish trot': I'm bubbled (Polly/Lucy/Macheath) [1'00] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Anne Dawson (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	61	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 2 No 31 Air 37: Cease your funning (Polly/Macheath/Lucy) [1'34] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	62	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 2 No 32 Air 38, 'Good-morrow, gossip': Why how now, Madam Flirt? (Lucy/Polly) [0'38] Anne Dawson (soprano), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	63	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 2 No 33, Dialogue: Where's my wench? (Peachum/Polly) [0'27] Charles Daniels (tenor), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	64	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 2 No 34 Air 39, 'Irish howl' (Vanbrughe): No power on earth can e'er divide (Polly) [1'18] Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	65	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 2 No 35, Dialogue: I am naturally compassionate, wife (Macheath/Lucy) [1'33] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	66	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Act 2 No 36 Air 40, 'The lass of Patie's Mill': I like the fox shall grieve (Lucy) [2'01] Anne Dawson (soprano)
	67	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 1, Dialogue: To be sure, wench (Lockit/Lucy) [1'03] Richard Jackson (baritone), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	68	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Act 3 No 2 Air 41, 'If love's a sweet passion' (Purcell): When young at the bar you first taught me to score (Lucy/Lockit) [2'42] Anne Dawson (soprano), Richard Jackson (baritone)
	69	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 3, Air 42 'South sea ballad': My love is all madness and folly (Lucy/Lockit) [1'23] Anne Dawson (soprano), Richard Jackson (baritone)
	70	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 3 No 4, Dialogue: Peachum then intends to outwit me (Lockit) [0'56] Richard Jackson (baritone)
	71	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 5, Air 43 'Packington's pound': Thus gamesters united in friendship are found (Lockit/Lucy) [1'11] Richard Jackson (baritone), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	72	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 6, Dialogue: Why, boy, thou lookest as if thou wert half starv'd (Lockit/Filch) [1'14] Richard Jackson (baritone), Ian Honeyman (tenor)
	73	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 3 No 7, Dialogue: I am sorry, gentlemen (Macheath) [0'17] Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	74	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	Act 3 No 8 Air 44, 'Lillibulero' (attrib. Purcell): The modes of the court so common are grown (Macheath/Ben/Matt) [2'40] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Karl Morgan (speaker), Roger Bryson (speaker)
	75	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 3 No 9, Dialogue: The coronation account, brother Peachum (Lockit/Peachum) [1'29] Richard Jackson (baritone), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	76	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 10, Air 45 'Down in the north country': What gudgeons are we men! (Lockit/Peachum/Servant) [1'20] Richard Jackson (baritone), Charles Daniels (tenor), Ian Honeyman (tenor)
	77	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 3 No 11, Dialogue: Dear Mrs Dye, your servant (Peachum/Trapes/Lockit) [0'28] Charles Daniels (tenor), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Richard Jackson (baritone)
	78	£0.60	£0.60	£0.60	Act 3 No 12, Air 46 'A shepherd kept sheep': In the days of my youth I could bill like a dove (Trapes/Peachum/Lockit) [4'57] Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Richard Jackson (baritone)
	79	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 3 No 13, Dialogue: Jealousy, rage, love and fear (Lucy) [0'09] Anne Dawson (soprano)
	80	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 14 Air 47, 'One evening, having lost my way': I'm like a skiff on the ocean tossed (Lucy/Filch) [1'15] Anne Dawson (soprano), Ian Honeyman (tenor)
	81	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 3 No 15, Dialogue: Dear madam, your servant (Lucy) [0'17] Anne Dawson (soprano)
	82	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Act 3 No 16 Air 48, 'Now Roger, I'll tell thee, because thou'rt my son': When a wife's in her pout (Lucy/Polly) [2'08] Anne Dawson (soprano), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	83	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 17, Air 49 'O Bessy Bell': A curse attends that woman's love (Polly/Lucy) [1'23] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	84	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 3 No 18 Air 50, 'Would fate to me Belinda give' (Wilford): Among the men, coquets we find (Polly/Lucy) [1'29] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	85	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 19, Air 51 'Come, sweet lass': Come, sweet lass (Lucy) [1'00] Anne Dawson (soprano)
	86	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 3 No 20, Dialogue: All this wheedling of Lucy cannot be for nothing (Polly) [0'20] Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	87	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 3 No 21, Dialogue: Come, Miss Polly (Lucy/Polly) [0'51] Anne Dawson (soprano), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	88	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 3 No 22, Dialogue: Set your heart to rest, captain (Lockit/Peachum/Lucy/Polly) [0'32] Richard Jackson (baritone), Charles Daniels (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	89	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 3 No 23 Air 52, 'The last time I went o'er the moor': Hither, dear husband, turn your eyes (Polly/Lucy/Macheath/Peachum) [1'45] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Anne Dawson (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	90	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 3 No 24, Air 53 'Tom Tinker's my true love': Which way shall I turn me? (Macheath/Polly) [0'59] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Bronwen Mills (soprano)
	91	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 25, Air 54 'I am a poor shepherd undone': When my hero in court appears (Polly/Lucy) [1'14] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	92	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 3 No 26, Air 55 'Ianthe the lovely' (Barrett): When he holds up his hand (Lucy/Lockit) [1'40] Anne Dawson (soprano), Richard Jackson (baritone)
	93	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 3 No 27 Air 56, 'A cobbler there was' (attrib. Leveridge): Our selves, like the great, to secure a retreat (Lockit/Peachum) [1'27] Richard Jackson (baritone), Charles Daniels (tenor)
	94	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 28, Air 57 'Bonny Dundee': The charge is prepar'd; the lawyers are met (Macheath) [1'20] Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	95	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 29, Dialogue: Follow them, Filch, to the court (Polly/Lucy) [1'07] Bronwen Mills (soprano), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	96	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	Act 3 No 30, Air 58 to 66: O cruel, cruel, cruel case! (Macheath) [3'18] Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	97	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 31, Air 67 'Green sleeves': Since laws were made for ev'ry degree (Macheath/Jailer) [1'02] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Timothy Taylor (speaker)
	98	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 32, Dialogue: For my having broke prison (Macheath/Matt/Jailer) [1'02] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Roger Bryson (speaker), Timothy Taylor (speaker)
	99	£0.05	£0.05	£0.05	Act 3 No 33, Dialogue: My dear Lucy, my dear Polly (Macheath/Polly/Lucy) [0'30] Adrian Thompson (tenor), Bronwen Mills (soprano), Anne Dawson (soprano)
	100	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	Act 3 No 34 Air 68, 'All you that must take a leap' (Ramondon): Would I might be hang'd! (Lucy/Polly/Macheath/Jailer) [1'49] Anne Dawson (soprano), Bronwen Mills (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Timothy Taylor (speaker)
	101	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	Act 3 No 35, Dialogue: But, honest friend (Player/Beggar) [1'21] Ian Caddy (speaker), Bob Hoskins (speaker)
	102	£0.10	£0.10	£0.10	Act 3 No 36, Dialogue: So, it seems, I am not left to my choice (Macheath/company) [0'38] Adrian Thompson (tenor)
	103	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	Act 3 No 37, Air 69 'Lumps of pudding': Thus I stand like the Turk (Macheath) [1'40] Adrian Thompson (tenor)

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