‎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

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

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, 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

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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, 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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, 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

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

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, John Toll, Nancy Argenta

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

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

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:49

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:27

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

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

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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