‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

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, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

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, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, 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, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:58

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

2:02

Let us dance, Z.627

Paul Nicholson, Robert Woolley, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

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

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

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

8:12

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

John Toll, Nancy Argenta

3:59

See, even Night herself is here, Z.629

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, John Toll, Richard Boothby

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:27

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

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

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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