‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

5:24

Ah! how sweet it is to love

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson

1:51

Not all my torments can your pity move, Z.400

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Robert Woolley

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

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

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, John Toll

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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, Trevor Jones, Nancy Argenta

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

Nancy Argenta, Virginia McKenna, John Toll, 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

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Richard Boothby, John Toll, 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

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:49

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

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

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

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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