‎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, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

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

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby

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

Nigel North, Robert Woolley, Paul Nicholson, 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, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Trevor Jones, 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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, John Toll, Richard Boothby

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Nigel North, John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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, Richard Boothby, 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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Nigel North

2:27

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

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

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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