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ARGENTA, NANCY
Purcell: Songs and Airs
2 Compact Disc
5 Jun 2001
Ordercode: 5618662
Composer: Henry Purcell
Other participants: Nigel North * Richard Boothby * Paul Nicholson * John Toll
Audio sample & Tracklisting
| Disc 1 | |
| 01 | O Solitude! Z.406a - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby |
| 02 | Ah! how sweet it is to love: Tyrannic Love, Z.613 - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson |
| 03 | Not all my torments can your pity move, Z.400 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Paul Nicholson |
| 04 | Stripp'd of their green, Z.444 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nic |
| 05 | Tell me, some pitying Angel, Z.196 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nic |
| 06 | If music be the food of love, Z.379 - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson |
| 07 | Hark! the echoing air: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nic |
| 08 | The fatal hour comes on apace, Z.421 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North |
| 09 | In cassum, Lesbia, Z.383 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Paul Nicholson |
| 10 | Sweeter than roses: Pausanias, Z.585 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby |
| 11 | Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z.367 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nic |
| 12 | From silent shades, Z.370 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nic |
| 13 | Dear pretty youth: The Tempest, Z.631 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby |
| 14 | From rosy bow'rs, Z.578 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nic |
| 15 | Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z.193 - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson |
| 16 | Beneath a poplar's shadow: Sophonisba, Z.590 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby |
| 17 | I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z.630 - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson |
| 18 | Let us dance, Z.627 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Robert Woolley/Paul Nich |
| 19 | Fairest isle: King Arthur, Z.628 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North |
| 20 | O Solitude! Z.406 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North |
| Disc 2 | |
| 01 | Nymphs and Shepherds, Z.600 - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Trevor Jones/Nigel |
| 02 | Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams, Z.355 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North |
| 03 | Love in their little veins inspires, Z.632 - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Beckett/Marion Scott/Richard |
| 04 | Fly swift, ye hours, Z.369 - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Tol |
| 05 | They tell us that your mighty powers: The Indian Queen, Z.629 - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trev |
| 06 | O let me weep, Z.629: The Plaint - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Richard Boothby/Ni |
| 07 | In the black, dismal dungeon of despair, Z.190 - Nancy Argenta/John Toll |
| 08 | See, even Night herself is here, Z.629 - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trev |
| 09 | Why should men quarrel?: The Indian Queen, Z.630 - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Beckett/Marion Scott/Richard |
| 10 | Seek not to know: The Indian Queen, Z.630 - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Sophia McKenna/Richard |
| 11 | Retir'd from mortals' sight: King Richard the Second, Z.581 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North |
| 12 | To arms, heroic Prince, Z.600 - Nancy Argenta |
| 13 | O lead me to some peaceful gloom: Bonduca, Z.574 - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Tol |
| 14 | Halcyon Days: The Tempest, Z.631 - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Richard Boothby/Ni |
| 15 | Bid the Virtues - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Richard Boothby/Nigel N |
| 16 | Lord, what is man?: A Divine Hymn, Z.192 - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Tol |
| 17 | Music for a while: Oedipus, Z.583 - Nancy Argenta/John Toll |
| 18 | If music be the food of love (1st setting), Z.379 - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/John Toll |
| 19 | Sawney is a bonny lad: A Scotch Song, Z.412 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North |
| 20 | When I have often heard young maids complaining, Z.629 - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Rich |
| 21 | Ah! Cruel, bloody fate: Theodosius, Z.606 - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/John Toll |
| 22 | Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth: Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trev |