‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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

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

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, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, 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

Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Robert Woolley

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Nigel North, John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

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

John Toll, Nancy Argenta

3:59

See, even Night herself is here, Z.629

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, John Toll

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, John Toll

5:34

Music for a while

Nancy Argenta, John Toll

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

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

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, Richard Boothby, Trevor Jones, Nigel North, Monica Huggett, 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 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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