‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

5:24

Ah! how sweet it is to love

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

1:51

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

5:45

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

5:20

Beneath a poplar's shadow

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

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, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

1:28

Fairest isle

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:36

O Solitude! Z.406

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

6:14

Nymphs and Shepherds, Z.600

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

2:12

Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams, Z.355

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

3:05

Love in their little veins inspires, Z.632

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

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

Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nancy Argenta

2:06

Sawney is a bonny lad

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:49

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:27

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

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

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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Benjamin Britten

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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