‎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, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

1:51

Not all my torments can your pity move, Z.400

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, 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

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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, 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, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, 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

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

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

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, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, R E Beckett

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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, Monica Huggett, Nancy Argenta, Mr. Robinson

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, 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

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

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