‎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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

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

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nancy Argenta

5:34

Music for a while

John Toll, Nancy Argenta

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Nigel North

2:27

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

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