‎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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

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, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

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, Richard Boothby, 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, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, 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

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

Paul Nicholson, Robert Woolley, 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

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

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, John Toll

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

5:34

Music for a while

Nancy Argenta, John Toll

3:56

If music be the food of love (1st setting), Z.379

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, John Toll

2:06

Sawney is a bonny lad

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:49

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:27

Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth

Nancy Argenta, Monica Huggett, Trevor Jones, Nigel North, 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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