| Other author/creator | Argenta, Nancy vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Boothby, Richard, 1955- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Nicholson, Paul, performer. |
| Other author/creator | North, Nigel performer. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bess of Bedlam. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Bonduca. O lead me to some peaceful gloom. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Come ye sons of art away. Bid the virtues. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Cupid, the slyest rogue alive. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dioclesian. Let us dance. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Don Quixote. From rosy bow'rs. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Selections. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fatal hour comes on apace. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. If music be the food of love, Z. 379C. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. In the black, dismal dungeon of despair. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Indian queen. Selections. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Fairest isle. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Libertine. Nymphs and shepherds, come away. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Libertine To arms, heroic prince. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Lord, what is man?, soprano, continuo. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Not all my torments can your pity move. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Now that the sun hath veiled his light. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. O solitude, my sweetest choice. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Oedipus. Music for a while. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Pausanias, the betrayer of his country. Sweeter than roses. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Retir'd from any mortal's sight. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Sophonisba. Beneath the poplar's shadow. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Stript of their green our groves appear. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tell me, some pitying angel. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tempest. Dear pretty youth. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tempest. Halcyon days. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Theodosius. Ah, cruel, bloody fate. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Timon of Athens. Love in their veins inspires. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Tyrannic love. Ah! how sweet it is to love. |
| Uniform title | Songs. Selections |
| Contents |
O Solitude! Z406a -- Tyrannic Love Z613: Ah! how sweet it is to love (song) -- Not all my torments can your pity move Z400 -- Stripp'd of their green our groves appear Z444 -- Tell me, some pitying Angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation) Z196 (Nahum Tate) -- If music be the food of love Z379 version 3 (Henry Heveningham) -- The Fairy Queen Z629: Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings -- The fatal hour comes on apace Z421 -- In cassum, Lesbia, rogas (The Queen's Epicedium) Z383 (George Herbert) -- Pausanias Z585: Sweeter than roses (Norton) -- Cupid, the slyest rogue alive Z367 -- From silent shades (Bess of Bedlam) Z370 -- The Tempest Z631: Dear pretty youth (Thomas Shadwell) -- From rosy bow'rs (from 'Don Quixote') Z578 (Thomas D'Urfey) -- Now that the sun hath veiled his light (Evening Hymn) Z193 -- Sophonisba Z590: Beneath a poplar's shadow -- I attempt from love's sickness (fom 'The Indian Queen' Z630) -- Let us dance (from 'The Prophetess' Z627) (Thomas Betterton) -- O Solitude! Z406 -- Nymphs and Shepherds (from 'The Libertine' Z600) -- Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams Z355 -- Love in their little veins inspires (from 'Timon of Athens' Z632) -- Fly swift ye hours Z369 -- The Indian Queen Z629: They tell us that your mighty powers -- O let me weep (The Plaint) from 'The Fairy Queen' Z629 -- In the black, dismal dungeon of despair Z190 -- See, even Night herself is here (from 'The Fairy Queen' Z629) -- The Indian Queen Z630: Why should men quarrel? -- The Indian Queen Z630: Seek not to know -- King Richard the Second Z581: Retir'd from mortals' sight -- To arms, heroic Prince (from 'The Libertine' Z600) -- Bonduca Z574: O lead me to some peaceful gloom -- The Tempest Z631: Halcyon Days -- Bid the Virtues from 'Come ye sons of art away' (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary 1694) -- A Divine Hymn Z192: Lord, what is man? -- Oedipus Z583: Music for a while -- If music be the food of love Z379/1 -- A Scotch Song Z412: Sawney is a bonny lad -- When I have often heard (from 'The Fairy Queen' Z629) -- Theodosius Z606: Ah! Cruel, bloody fate -- Dido and Aeneas Z626: Thy hand, Belinda-- When I am laid in earth. |
| General note | Songs, in part excerpts from operas or incidental music; archlute, baroque guitar, viola da gamba, harpsichord, chamber organ acc., separately or in various combinations. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 7, 2013). |
| Performer |
Nancy Argenta, soprano ; Nigel North, archlute, theorbo, baroque guitar ; Richard Boothby, viola da gamba ; Paul Nicholson, harpsichord, chamber organ; John Toll, harpsichord. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Oct. 1992, Studio 1, Abbey Road, London. |
| Other forms | Previously released as a compact disc. |
| Language | Sung primarily in English or (9th song) Latin. |
| Genre/form | Sound recordings. |