In 1977, Musical Heritage Society issued their landmark recording of the complete music from John Gay’s “The Beggar’s Opera”, bringing together all 69 numbers from the groundbreaking Baroque “ballad opera” with historically informed accompaniment under the direction of groundbreaking early music conductor Denis Stevens and featuring Nigel Rogers, a prominent champion of early music for the voice, in the starring role of Machete. Newly remastered from archival sources by Urlicht AudioVisual, this much-requested recording returns to the catalogue after nearly four decades.
