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| 1979-04 | If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379 | | Alfred Deller, William Christie, Wieland Kuijken | 2:19 |
| 1982-10 | If music be the food of love | | Emma Kirkby, Richard Campbell, Christopher Hogwood | 3:25 |
| 1988-04-09 – 1988-04-10 | If music be the food of love | | James Bowman, Robert King, The King’s Consort | 2:31 |
| 1992-02-13 – 1992-02-15 | If Musick Be the Food of Love, Z 379 | | Jill Feldman, Nigel North, Sarah Cunningham | 3:55 |
| 1992 | If Music Be the Food of Love | cover | The King’s Singers | 2:26 |
| 1993-01 | Orchestral Suite from "Dioclesian": II. Dance / Song "If music be the food" | | Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz | 3:07 |
| 1994-06-08 – 1994-06-10 | If Music Be the Food of Love, Z 379 | | Catherine Bott, The Purcell Quartet | 3:32 |
| 1998-10-03 – 1998-10-05 | Song, Z 739 "If Music be the Food of Love" 1692 setting | | Barbara Bonney, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 2:07 |
| 2002-06 – 2003-05 | If Musick Be the Food of Love | | Sarah Pillow | 6:06 |
| 2002-11 | If Musick Be the Food of Love | | Sarah Pillow, Jennifer Peterson, Mary Anne Ballard | 3:13 |
| 2004-08-19 – 2004-08-21 | If music be the food of love (first setting) | | Christine Schäfer, Eric Schneider | 1:31 |
| 2009-02 | If music be the food of love (Z.379a) | | Paul Agnew, Elizabeth Kenny, Anne‐Marie Lasla, Blandine Rannou | 2:59 |
| 2009-02 | If music be the food of Love (Z.379c) | | Paul Agnew, Elizabeth Kenny, Anne‐Marie Lasla, Blandine Rannou | 3:58 |
| 2010-07-17 – 2010-07-22 | If Music Be the Food of Love | | Andreas Scholl | 2:15 |
| 2015-03-10 | If Music Be the Food of Love Z379b 1st setting/1st version | live | Henry Purcell | 1:58 |
| "If Music Be The Food Of Love", Z.379 | | Emma Kirkby, Richard Campbell, Christopher Hogwood | 3:27 |
| Black Is the Color | partial | THE ECCENTRIC OPERA | 5:53 |
| If music be the food of love | | Helen Charlston, Sounds Baroque | 2:56 |
| If music be the food of love | | Christine Schäfer, Eric Schneider | 1:31 |
| If music be the food of love | | Daniel Taylor | 3:57 |
| If music be the food of love | | Henry Purcell | 3:49 |
| If music be the food of love | | Taverner Consort, Taverner Players | 2:22 |
| If music be the food of love | | [unknown] | 4:12 |
| If music be the food of love | | Emma Kirkby, Richard Campbell, Christopher Hogwood, Catherine Mackintosh, Anthony Rooley | 3:27 |
| If Music be the Food of Love | | Dawn Upshaw | 3:48 |
| If Music be the Food of Love | | Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 3:29 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love | | Nancy Argenta | 2:06 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love | | Howard Crook, Edward Brewer, Mary Springfels | 3:46 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love | live | Kathleen Battle, Myron Lutzke, Anthony Newman | 2:12 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love | | Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 3:23 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love | | Nancy Argenta | 3:21 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love | | Calmus Ensemble Leipzig | 2:36 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love | | Barbara Bonney, The King’s Consort | 3:51 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love | | The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Sylvia McNair | 3:17 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love | | Lesley Garrett, Paul Daniel | 2:22 |
| If Music Be The Food Of Love | | Henry Purcell | 2:24 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love (1st setting), Z. 379 | | Iestyn Davies, Mark Levy, Richard Egarr & William Carter | 1:53 |
| If Music Be The Food Of Love Z 379 | | Henry Purcell | ?:?? |
| If music be the food of love, Z. 379 | | Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale | 3:41 |
| If music be the food of love, Z. 379 | | Dorothee Mields, Wolfgang Katschner, Lautten Compagney | 3:38 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379 | | Rogers Covey‐Crump, Mark Caudle, Robert King, David Miller | 2:01 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379 | | Philippe Jaroussky, Thibaut Garcia | 2:02 |
| If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379 | | Carolyn Sampson, Laurence Cummings, Elizabeth Kenny, Anne‐Marie Lasla | 3:42 |
| If Music Be the Fool of Love | | Alfred Deller | 2:32 |
| If Musick Be the Food of Love | | Agnès Mellon, Wieland Kuijken, Christophe Rousset | 3:31 |
| If the Music Be the Food of Love (From Twelfth Night) | | Barbara Bonney, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 2:12 |
| Purcell Song Z379 ‘If music be the food of love’ | | Hieke Meppelink | 3:36 |
| Song, Z. 379A (1st version, 1692) "If music be the food of love" | | Alfred Deller, Walter Bergmann | 2:37 |
| Songs: If music be the food of love, Z. 397 | | Michael Chance, Richard Boothby, Nigel North, Maggie Cole | 2:07 |