‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

5:24

Ah! how sweet it is to love

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby

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

Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

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

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

5:45

Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z.193

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

2:02

Let us dance, Z.627

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Robert Woolley, Nigel North

1:28

Fairest isle

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Richard Boothby, John Toll, 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

John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

2:06

Sawney is a bonny lad

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:49

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

Nigel North, John Toll, Nancy Argenta

2:27

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

Richard Boothby, Monica Huggett, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, 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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Benjamin Britten

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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