‎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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

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

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

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

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, 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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

2:02

Let us dance, Z.627

Paul Nicholson, Robert Woolley, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

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

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

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

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

5:34

Music for a while

Nancy Argenta, John Toll

3:56

If music be the food of love (1st setting), Z.379

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

Nigel North, John Toll, Nancy Argenta

2:27

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

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

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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