Research Catalog

Title

The Beggar's opera [sound recording] : original songs & airs = L'Opéra des gueux : chansons & airs originaux.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gay, John, 1685-1732.
• Kwella, Patrizia
• Elliott, Paul, 1950-
• Barlow, Jeremy
• Broadside Band. prf

Uniform Title

Beggar's opera. Selections.

Alternative Title

Opéra des gueux.

Subjects

• Ballad operas > Excerpts
• Ballads, English > Great Britain

Note

• Excerpts from the ballad opera by John Gay and the popular works from which each was derived.
• Title from container.
• The settings from the Beggar's opera itself performed from the voice and continuo arrangements by J.C. Pepusch in the third ed. of the opera (1729).
• Listing of personnel on container ; program notes by Jeremy Barlow and English texts, with French and German translations (19 p.) inserted.

Event (note)

• Recorded in March 1981.

Contents

(side 1) Cold and raw (6:12) -- Over the hills and far away (2:54) -- Oh, the broom (4:58) -- Would you have a young virgin (5:00) -- What shall I do to show how much I love her (3:56) -- (side 2) Fill ev'ry glass (2:36) -- Charming Billy (4:54) -- The lass of Patie's Mill (5:28) -- Greensleeves (8:17).

Call Number

*LSRX 12636 (C)

OCLC

NYPG83-R93

Title

The Beggar's opera [sound recording] : original songs & airs = L'Opéra des gueux : chansons & airs originaux.

Playing Time

004451

Performer

Patrizia Kwella, soprano ; Paul Elliott, tenor ; The Broadside Band ; Jeremy Barlow, conductor.

Event

Recorded in March 1981.

Added Author

Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera.

Kwella, Patrizia. Performer

Elliott, Paul, 1950- Performer

Barlow, Jeremy. Conductor

Broadside Band. Performer

Added Title

Beggar's opera. Selections.

Opéra des gueux.

Publisher No.

HM 1071 Harmonia Mundi France

Research Call Number

*LSRX 12636 (C) (Notes and texts shelved with recording)