‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, 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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

2:02

Let us dance, Z.627

Paul Nicholson, Robert Woolley, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

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, Trevor Jones, Mr. Robinson, 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

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

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

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nigel North

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

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

2:06

Sawney is a bonny lad

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:49

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Nigel North

2:27

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

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

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Henry Purcell

Benjamin Britten

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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