‎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

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

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

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

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

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

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, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

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, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

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, Robert Woolley, 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

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

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nigel North

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

3:56

Retir'd from mortals' sight

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

4:08

To arms, heroic Prince, Z.600

Nancy Argenta

3:10

O lead me to some peaceful gloom

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nigel North

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Nigel North, 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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, 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

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

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, Richard Boothby, Trevor Jones, Monica Huggett, Mr. Robinson, 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 Rhodes

Engineer, Tonmeister
Simon Gibson

Engineer

Purcell: Songs and Airs

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Henry Purcell

Benjamin Britten

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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