‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

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

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, 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, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

2:02

Let us dance, Z.627

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

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, R E Beckett, Richard Boothby, 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

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, 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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

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

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:49

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

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

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