‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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

Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

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, Nigel North, 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

Robert Woolley, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:28

Fairest isle

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:36

O Solitude! Z.406

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

6:14

Nymphs and Shepherds, Z.600

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Nigel North, John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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, Monica Huggett, Mr. Robinson, Trevor Jones

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

1:49

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:27

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

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

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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