The Beggar's Opera

~ Release by John Gay; Kiri Te Kanawa, James Morris, Dame Joan Sutherland, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Hordern, Warren Mitchell, Alfred Marks, Regina Resnik, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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Copyright: © 1982 Decca Music Group Limited
℗ 1982 Decca Music Group Limited

Annotation last modified on 2026-03-16 09:43 UTC.

Tracklist

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1The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Prologue: If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry
John Gay2:10
2The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Prologue: Overture
John Gay4:39
3The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: Through All the Employments of Life
John Gay2:16
4The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind
John Gay3:11
5The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear
John Gay3:58
6The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: A Maid Is Like The Golden Ore
John Gay1:47
7The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre
John Gay2:51
8The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: Our Polly Is a Sad Slut
John Gay1:57
9The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice
John Gay2:28
10The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed
John Gay3:08
11The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir
John Gay2:23
12The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe – The Turtle Thus With Plaintive Crying
John Gay2:58
13The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: Pretty Polly Say
John Gay2:06
14The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: My Heart Was So Free
John Gay1:27
15The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: Were I Laid On Greenland's Coast
John Gay2:24
16The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: Yes, I Would Go With Thee – O! What Pain It Is to Part!
John Gay3:06
17The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I: Fill Ev'ry Glass
John Gay2:45
18The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II: Let Us Take the Road
John Gay1:50
19The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II: If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed With Cares
John Gay2:45
20The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II: Youth's the Season Made for Joys
John Gay2:51
21The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II: Before the Barn Door Crowing
John Gay2:00
22The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II: The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike
John Gay2:09
23The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II: At the Tree I Shall Suffer With Pleasure
John Gay1:37
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