‎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

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, 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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

5:45

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Robert Woolley, Nigel North

1:28

Fairest isle

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:36

O Solitude! Z.406

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

6:14

Nymphs and Shepherds, Z.600

Nancy Argenta, Mr. Robinson, 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

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

Nancy Argenta, Paul Goodwin, John Toll, 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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, John Toll

2:06

Sawney is a bonny lad

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:49

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

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

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

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 Rhodes

Engineer, Tonmeister
Simon Gibson

Engineer

Purcell: Songs and Airs

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Henry Purcell

Benjamin Britten

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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