‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

5:24

Ah! how sweet it is to love

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby

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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, 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, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson

5:45

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

5:20

Beneath a poplar's shadow

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:58

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

2:02

Let us dance, Z.627

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Robert Woolley

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

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, Nigel North, Marianne Scott, Richard Boothby

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, John Toll

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

5:34

Music for a while

John Toll, Nancy Argenta

3:56

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

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Richard Boothby

2:06

Sawney is a bonny lad

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:49

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Nigel North

2:27

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

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

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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