Henry Purcell (1659-1695) • O Solitude CD • Nancy Argenta
1 O solitude, my sweetest choice, song, Z. 406 (5:26)
2 Ah! how pleasant 'tis to love, for soprano & continuo, Z. 353 (1:51)
3 Not all my torments can your pity move, song, Z. 400 (2:24)
4 Stript of their green our groves appear, song, Z. 444 (3:25)
5 Tell me, some pitying angel, (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), sacred song, for soprano & continuo, Z. 196 (7:10)
6 If music be the food of love, song, Z. 379 (3 settings) (3:21)
7 Hark! now the echoing air (from "The Fairy Queen"), soprano aria and chorus, Z. 629/48 (2:11)
8 The fatal hour comes on apace, song, Z. 421 (4:00)
9 Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas (The Queen Epicedium), song, Z 383 (7:19)
10 Sweeter than roses (from "Pausanius"), song, Z. 585/1: Sweeter than roses (2:59)
11 Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, song, Z. 367 (2:35)
12 From silent shades and the Elysian groves (Bess of Bedlam), song, Z. 370 (4:13)
13 Dear pretty youth (from "The Tempest"), aria, Z. 631/10: Dear pretty youth (1:58)
14 From rosie bow'rs (from "Don Quixote"), song, Z. 578/9: From rosy bow'rs (5:45)
15 Now that the sun hath veiled his light, sacred song for soprano & continuo, Z. 193 (5:20)
16 Beneath the poplar's shadow (from Sophonisba or Hannibal's Overthrow) Z. 590/1 (1:58)
17 The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: I attempt from love's sickness to fly (2:02)
18 Let Us Dance (from "Prophetess"), aria for soprano, Z. 627/app3 (1:28)
19 Fairest Isle (from "King Arthur"), aria for soprano, Z. 628/38: Fairest isle (2:36)
20 O solitude, my sweetest choice, song, Z. 406 (6:14)
Richard Boothby, Nancy Argenta, Nigel North, Paul Nicholson
Virgin Records
