‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

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, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

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, 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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, 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

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Robert Woolley

1:28

Fairest isle

Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:36

O Solitude! Z.406

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

6:14

Nymphs and Shepherds, Z.600

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

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

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

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nigel North, 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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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

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

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

Mr. Robinson, Trevor Jones, Monica Huggett, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, 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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Benjamin Britten

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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