‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

5:24

Ah! how sweet it is to love

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

1:51

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

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, 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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

5:45

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

5:20

Beneath a poplar's shadow

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Robert Woolley

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

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Nigel North, John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

5:34

Music for a while

Nancy Argenta, John Toll

3:56

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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, John Toll

2:06

Sawney is a bonny lad

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:49

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, John Toll

2:27

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

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

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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