‎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

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

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

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

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, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, 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, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

1:58

I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z.630

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

2:02

Let us dance, Z.627

Nancy Argenta, Robert Woolley, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

1:28

Fairest isle

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:36

O Solitude! Z.406

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

6:14

Nymphs and Shepherds, Z.600

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

2:12

Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams, Z.355

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

3:05

Love in their little veins inspires, Z.632

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

Virginia McKenna, John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, John Toll

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

Richard Boothby, John Toll, 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

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

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

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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