‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, 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

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, 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, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

5:45

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

5:20

Beneath a poplar's shadow

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:58

I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z.630

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

2:02

Let us dance, Z.627

Robert Woolley, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

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

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, John Toll, Richard Boothby

5:34

Music for a while

John Toll, Nancy Argenta

3:56

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

Richard Boothby, John Toll, 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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, John Toll

2:27

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

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

RECORD LABEL

Henry Purcell

Benjamin Britten

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

Production

Purcell: Songs and Airs

RECORD LABEL

On This Album

Production