‎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, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

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, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

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

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

5:45

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

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

Robert Woolley, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

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

Trevor Jones, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, 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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Richard Boothby

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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, Trevor Jones, Nancy Argenta, Monica Huggett

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

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

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

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

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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