‎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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

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

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

2:02

Let us dance, Z.627

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Robert Woolley

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

Nigel North, Trevor Jones, 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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, John Toll

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:27

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

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Monica Huggett, Trevor Jones, Mr. Robinson, 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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Benjamin Britten

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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