‎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, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

5:45

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

5:20

Beneath a poplar's shadow

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, 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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Robert Woolley

1:28

Fairest isle

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:36

O Solitude! Z.406

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

6:14

Nymphs and Shepherds, Z.600

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

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Nigel North, John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:27

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

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

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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