‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

5:24

Ah! how sweet it is to love

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby

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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, 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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

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, Mr. Robinson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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

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

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

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

Virginia McKenna, Richard Boothby, John Toll, 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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, John Toll

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, John Toll, 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

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