‎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

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

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, 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, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

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, 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

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, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Trevor Jones

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, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, John Toll

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

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:49

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

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

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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