‎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, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson

2:24

Stripp'd of their green, Z.444

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

3:25

Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, 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, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:11

The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

4:00

In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383

Nigel North, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta

7:19

Sweeter than roses

Nancy Argenta, Richard Boothby, Nigel North

2:59

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367

Paul Nicholson, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:35

From silent shades, Z.370

Richard Boothby, Paul Nicholson, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

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, Richard Boothby, 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

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

2:12

Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams, Z.355

Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

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

Nigel North, John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta

5:24

They tell us that your mighty powers

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

3:22

O let me weep, Z.629

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

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

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

4:52

Why should men quarrel?

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

1:26

Seek not to know

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

John Toll, Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North

2:51

Halcyon Days

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

2:57

Bid the Virtues

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

2:57

Lord, what is man?

Nigel North, Richard Boothby, John Toll, Nancy Argenta

5:34

Music for a while

Nancy Argenta, John Toll

3:56

If music be the food of love (1st setting), Z.379

John Toll, Richard Boothby, 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

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

3:14

Ah! Cruel, bloody fate

John Toll, Nigel North, Nancy Argenta

2:27

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

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

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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