‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

5:24

Ah! how sweet it is to love

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

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

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

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, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, 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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

2:02

Let us dance, Z.627

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Robert Woolley

1:28

Fairest isle

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:36

O Solitude! Z.406

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

6:14

Nymphs and Shepherds, Z.600

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

8:12

In the black, dismal dungeon of despair, Z.190

Nancy Argenta, John Toll

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:27

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

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