O Solitude: Songs and Airs

~ Release by Purcell; Nancy Argenta (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1O Solitude
archlute:
Nigel North (English lute player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
O Solitude, Z. 406
lyricist:
Katherine Philips (17th century poet)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (from 1684 until 1685)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 406)
is based on:
O Solitude
Henry Purcell5:26
2Ah! How Sweet It Is to Love
harpsichord:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
Tyrannic Love, or The Royal Martyr, Z. 613: Act IV "Ah! How Sweet It Is to Love"
lyricist:
John Dryden (English poet)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
Tyrannic Love, or The Royal Martyr, Z. 613
Henry Purcell1:52
3Not All My Torments
archlute:
Nigel North (English lute player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
Not All My Torments Can Your Pity Move, Z. 400
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 400)
Henry Purcell2:24
4Stripp’d of Their Green
harpsichord:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
Stript of Their Green Our Groves Appear, Z. 444
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1692)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 444)
Henry Purcell3:25
5Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel
archlute:
Nigel North (English lute player)
chamber organ:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
Tell me, some pitying angel, Z. 196
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 196)
Henry Purcell7:10
6If Music Be the Food of Love
harpsichord:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379
lyricist:
Col. Henry Heveningham
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1692)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 379)
Henry Purcell3:21
7Hark! Hark! The Echoing Air
archlute:
Nigel North (English lute player)
harpsichord:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Hark! hark! the echoing air"
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1692)
part of:
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Britten-Pears-Holst concert version)
Henry Purcell2:11
8The Fatal Hour Comes on Apace
archlute:
Nigel North (English lute player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
The fatal hour comes on apace, Z. 421
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 421)
Henry Purcell4:01
9Incassum, Lesbia
archlute:
Nigel North (English lute player)
chamber organ:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
The Queen's Epicedium, Z. 383 "Incassum Lesbia, incassum rogas"
lyricist:
George Herbert (Church poet)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1695)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 383)
Henry Purcell7:20
10Sweeter Than Roses
archlute:
Nigel North (English lute player)
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country, Z. 585: I. "Sweeter than roses"
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country, Z. 585
Henry Purcell2:59
11Cupid, the Slyest Rogue Alive
archlute:
Nigel North (English lute player)
harpsichord:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
Cupid, the slyest rogue alive, Z. 367
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1685)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 367)
Henry Purcell2:35
12From Silent Shades
archlute:
Nigel North (English lute player)
harpsichord:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
Mad Bess of Bedlam, Z. 370 "From Silent Shades and the Elysian Groves"
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1683)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 370)
Henry Purcell4:13
13Dear Pretty Youth
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
Dear Pretty Youth
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
The Tempest, Z. 631
Henry Purcell1:59
14From Rosy Bow’rs
harpsichord:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
The Comical History of Don Quixote, Z. 578: Part III. "From rosy bow'rs"
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
The Comical History of Don Quixote, Z. 578
Henry Purcell5:45
15Now That the Sun Hath Veil’d His Light
chamber organ:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
An Evening Hymn, Z. 193 "Now that the sun hath veiled his light"
lyricist:
Dr. William Fuller
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 193)
Henry Purcell5:20
16Beneath a Poplar’s Shadow
archlute:
Nigel North (English lute player)
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
Beneath a poplar's shadow
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
Sophonisba, Z. 590
Henry Purcell1:58
17I Attempt From Love’s Sickness to Fly
harpsichord:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Act III: 17h. "I Attempt From Love's Sickness to Fly"
lyricist:
John Dryden (English poet)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Act III
Henry Purcell2:03
18Let Us Dance
harpsichord:
Paul Nicholson (harpsichordist & organist)
viola da gamba:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
Let Us Dance
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
Henry Purcell1:29
19Fairest Isle
archlute:
Nigel North (English lute player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V. "Fairest isle"
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:
John Dryden (English poet)
part of:
King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V
Henry Purcell2:37
20O Solitude
viola da gamba [viola da gamba played in lyra style]:
Richard Boothby (viol and cello player)
soprano vocals:
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
recording of:
O Solitude, Z. 406
lyricist:
Katherine Philips (17th century poet)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (from 1684 until 1685)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 406)
is based on:
O Solitude
Henry Purcell6:14

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