‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

5:24

Ah! how sweet it is to love

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

1:51

Not all my torments can your pity move, Z.400

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson

5:45

Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z.193

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

5:20

Beneath a poplar's shadow

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

1:58

I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z.630

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

2:02

Let us dance, Z.627

Robert Woolley, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

1:28

Fairest isle

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:36

O Solitude! Z.406

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

6:14

Nymphs and Shepherds, Z.600

Nancy Argenta, Trevor Jones, Mr. Robinson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

2:12

Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams, Z.355

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

3:05

Love in their little veins inspires, Z.632

Nancy Argenta, Marianne Scott, R E Beckett, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, John Toll, Richard Boothby

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

Monica Huggett, Mr. Robinson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Trevor Jones

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

Mr. Robinson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, John Toll

8:12

In the black, dismal dungeon of despair, Z.190

Nancy Argenta, John Toll

3:59

See, even Night herself is here, Z.629

Mr. Robinson, Nancy Argenta, Monica Huggett, Trevor Jones

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Richard Boothby, Marianne Scott, R E Beckett, Rachel Beckett

1:26

Seek not to know

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Virginia McKenna, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Goodwin, Sophia McKenna

3:56

Retir'd from mortals' sight

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

4:08

To arms, heroic Prince, Z.600

Nancy Argenta

3:10

O lead me to some peaceful gloom

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:51

Halcyon Days

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Mr. Robinson, Nigel North, John Toll

2:57

Bid the Virtues

Nancy Argenta, Paul Goodwin, John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:57

Lord, what is man?

John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

5:34

Music for a while

John Toll, Nancy Argenta

3:56

If music be the food of love (1st setting), Z.379

John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

2:06

Sawney is a bonny lad

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:49

When I have often heard young maids complaining, Z.629

Nancy Argenta, Mr. Robinson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, John Toll, Monica Huggett

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:27

Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth

Mr. Robinson, Nigel North, Trevor Jones, Nancy Argenta, Monica Huggett, Richard Boothby

4:24

Henry Purcell

Composer
Benjamin Britten

Composer
Nancy Argenta

Soprano
Richard Boothby

Viol, Percussion
Paul Nicholson

Harpsichord

David R. Murray

Producer
Alan Robert Murray

Producer
Simon Gibson

Engineer
Simon Rhodes

Engineer, Tonmeister

Purcell: Songs and Airs

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Henry Purcell

Benjamin Britten

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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