‎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

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, 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

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, 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

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

Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, 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, 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

Nancy Argenta, Robert Woolley, Paul Nicholson, 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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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, Mr. Robinson, Monica Huggett, Trevor Jones

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nigel North

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Richard Boothby, 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

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

Nancy Argenta, John Toll, Nigel North

2:27

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

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Monica Huggett, 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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Henry Purcell

Benjamin Britten

Nancy Argenta

Richard Boothby

Paul Nicholson

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