Henry Purcell & Nancy Argenta
Purcell: Songs & Airs / Argenta, North, Boothby, Nicholson, Toll Lyrics
Disc 1
- O solitude, my sweetest choice, song, Z. 406
- Ah! How sweet it is to love , song, Z. 613/2
- Not all my torments can your pity move, song, Z. 400
- Stript of their green our groves appear, song, Z. 444
- Tell me, some pitying angel, , sacred song, for soprano & continuo, Z. 196
- If music be the food of love, song, Z. 379
- Hark! now the echoing air , soprano aria and chorus, Z. 629/48
- The fatal hour comes on apace, song, Z. 421
- Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas , song, Z. 383
- Sweeter than roses , song, Z. 585/1
- Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, song, Z. 367
- From silent shades and the Elysian groves , song, Z. 370
- Dear pretty youth , aria, Z. 631/10
- From rosie bow'rs , song, Z. 578/9
- Now that the sun hath veiled his light, sacred song for soprano & continuo , Z. 193
- Beneath the poplar's shadow Z. 590/1
- I attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly , Z630/17h
- Let Us Dance , aria for soprano, Z. 627/app3
- Fairest Isle , aria for soprano, Z. 628/38
- O solitude, my sweetest choice, song, Z. 406
Disc 2
- Nymphs and Shepherds , song, Z. 600/1
- Amidst the shades and cool and refreshing streams, for soprano & continuo, Z. 355
- Love in their little veins inspires , aria for soprano, 2 flutes and continuo, Z. 632/3
- Fly swift, ye hours, song, Z. 369
- They tell us that you mighty powers above , soprano aria, Z. 630/19
- O let me weep , aria, Z. 629/40
- In the black, dismal dungeon of despair, sacred song for soprano & continuo, Z. 190
- See even Night herself is here , soprano aria, Z. 629/11
- Why should men quarrel , soprano aria, Z. 630/4c-4d
- Seek not to know what must not be reveal'd , aria, Z. 630/15
- Retir'd from any mortal's sight , song, Z. 581/1
- To arms, heroic prince, , prelude & song, Z. 600/3
- O lead me to some peaceful gloom , song, Z. 574/17
- Halcyon days , sopoano aria, Z. 631/15
- Come ye sons of art away , for soloists, chorus & instruments, Z. 323: No. 7, Bid the virtues
- Lord, what is man?, sacred song for soprano & continuo, Z. 192
- Music for a While , song, Z. 583/2
- If music be the food of love, song, Z. 379
- Sawney is a bonny lad, song, Z. 412
- When I have often heard , soprano aria, Z. 629/23
- Ah cruel, bloody fate , song, Z. 606/9
- Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in Earth , soprano aria, Z. 626/37