‎Purcell: Songs and Airs by Nancy Argenta

O Solitude! Z.406a

Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

5:24

Ah! how sweet it is to love

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson

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, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby

7:10

If music be the food of love, Z.379

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

3:21

Hark! the echoing air

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, 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, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Paul Nicholson, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

4:13

Dear pretty youth

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

1:58

From rosy bow'rs, Z.578

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

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

Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

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

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

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

1:31

Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369

Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, John Toll

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

John Toll, Nigel North, 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

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

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

Virginia McKenna, John Toll, Nigel North, Richard Boothby, 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

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

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby

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

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

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

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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