The Beggar's Opera > Studio Cast


Show Details

Show
The Beggar's Opera (20)
Music
Johann Christoph Pepusch (2)
Lyrics
John Gay (3)
Book
John Gay (3)

Recording Details

Date
1955
Type
Audio / Studio Cast
Method
Studio
Language
English
Music
Edward German (17)
Lyrics
Charles H. Taylor (4)
Conductor
Malcolm Sargent [1] (22)
Performer
Owen Brannigan (20), Eleanore Bryan, John Cameron (71), Loretta Davett, Robert Fraser, Ronald Fraser (2), Laurence Hardy, Robert Hardy (3), Daphne Heard, Jane Jacobs, Elsie Morison (14), Aubrey Morris (2), John Neville (7), Anna Pollak (6), Eric Porter, Rachel Roberts (4), Ann Robson, Paul Rogers (5), Constance Shacklock (5), Monica Sinclair (19), Zena Walker, Ian Wallace (31), John Wills, Alexander Young (9)
Shortcode
[r7936]

Releases (3)

Format
2-CD
Label
Classics for Pleasure 75972
Released
2003-08-05
Barcode
724357597227
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Also Contains
Tom Jones - 1966 Studio Cast
# Tracks
58
Length
2:15:07
Lists
16 collectors / 3 wish lists
Shortcode
[rl10461]
Disc 1:
1. Overture -- John Wills
2. Thro' All The Employments Of Life -- Owen Brannigan
3. 'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind -- Alexander Young
4. If Love The Virgin's Heart Invade -- Constance Shacklock
5. A Maid Is Like The Golden Ore -- Constance Shacklock
6. Virgins Are Like The Fair Flower -- Elsie Morison
7. Our Polly Is A Sad Slut -- Constance Shacklock
8. Can Love Be Controlled By Advice? -- Elsie Morison
9. O Polly, You Might Have Toy'd And Kiss'd -- Elsie Morison
10. I Like A Ship In Storms Was Tossed -- Elsie Morison
11. A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir -- Owen Brannigan
12. O Ponder Well -- Elsie Morison
13. Pretty Polly, Say -- Elsie Morison
14. My Heart Was So Free -- John Cameron
15. Were I Laid On Greenland's Coast -- Elsie Morison
16. O What Pain It Is To Part -- Elsie Morison
17. Fill Every Glass -- Alexander Young
18. Let Us Take The Road -- Alexander Young
19. If The Heart Of A Man -- John Cameron
20. Youth's The Season -- Dance
21. Before The Barn-Door Crowing -- Dance
22. At The Tree I Shall Suffer -- John Cameron
23. Man May Escape From Rope And Gun -- John Cameron
24. How Cruel Are The Traitors -- Monica Sinclair
25. When You Censure The Age -- Owen Brannigan
26. How Happy Could I Be With Either -- John Cameron
27. I'm Bubbled, I'm Bubbled -- Monica Sinclair
28. Cease Your Funning -- Elsie Morison
29. Melodrama: The Escape Of Macheath -- John Wills
Disc 2:
1. The Modes Of The Court So Common Are Grown -- Alexander Young
2. In the Days Of My Youth -- Owen Brannigan
3. Entrance Of Lucy -- John Wills
4. I'm Like A Skiff On The Ocean Tost -- Monica Sinclair
5. Come, Sweet Lass -- Monica Sinclair
6. Hither, Dear Husband -- Monica Sinclair
7. Which Way Shall I Turn Me? -- John Cameron
8. The Charge Is Prepared -- John Cameron
9. Macheath's Soliloquy -- John Wills
10. Would I Might Be Hang'd -- Monica Sinclair
11. Thus I Stand Like The Turk -- John Cameron
12. Introduction
song from Tom Jones
Don't You Find the Weather Charming? -- Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
song from Tom Jones
13. On A January Morning In Zummerzetsheer -- Nigel Brooks Chorus
song from Tom Jones
14. West County Lad, What Is't Ye Lack? -- Nigel Brooks Chorus
song from Tom Jones
15. To-Day My Spinet, Closed And Idly Still -- Cynthia Glover
song from Tom Jones
16. Wisdom Says 'Festina Lente' -- Shirley Minty
song from Tom Jones
17. Madrigal: Here's A Paradox For Lovers -- Shirley Minty
song from Tom Jones
18. Dream O' Day Jill -- Cynthia Glover
song from Tom Jones
19. As All The Maids And I One Day -- Shirley Minty
song from Tom Jones
20. A Soldier's Scarlet Coat -- Nigel Brooks Chorus
song from Tom Jones
21. Love Maketh The Heart a Garden Fair -- Cynthia Glover
song from Tom Jones
22. Morris Dance -- Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
23. Gavotte: Glass Of Fashion, Mould Of Form -- Gilbert Vinter & His Orchestra
song from Tom Jones
24. The Green Ribbon -- Shirley Minty
song from Tom Jones
25. If Love's Content Lie In The Spoken Word -- Frederick Harvey
song from Tom Jones
26. Recitative And Waltz Song: Which Is My Own True Self... -- Cynthia Glover
song from Tom Jones
27. Recitative And Waltz Song: For To-night Let Me Dream Out My Dream Of Delight -- Cynthia Glover
song from Tom Jones
28. Hark! The Merry Marriage Bells -- Shirley Minty
Format
2-CD
Label
EMI CDCFPSD 4778
Released
1995-10-05
Barcode
724356892620
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# Tracks
40
Lists
6 collectors / 1 wish list
Shortcode
[rl14964]
Format
2-LP
Label
Seraphim SIB-6023
Lists
3 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode
[rl24073]

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