‎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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, 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

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

Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, 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

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

Robert Woolley, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, 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, Mr. Robinson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, 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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Nigel North

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, John Toll

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

John Toll, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

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, John Toll, Nancy Argenta

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

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, Trevor Jones, Mr. Robinson, Nigel North, Monica Huggett, 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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Benjamin Britten

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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