Cantata for contralto and continuo

Source is the BL Add 14213

The chains of Love are about to be thrown off in the RARA format cantata by the composer more famous for his sacred repertoire

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Little known, but unjustifiably so! This RARA format cantata opens with a virtuosic recitative and continues to challenge both singer and continuo player throughout. A text full of longing for the beloved: The sun and the heavens were dark without a glimpse of your face… <br>
Source: Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli; Segnatura: 33.3.33-06

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A delightful cantata from Münster MS Hs 865 (14) in which beautiful eyes make you a prisoner of Love. In RARA format with some delightful chromaticisms and written out return ornament to the da capo.<br>
Range: d – g#’

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Here our erstwhile lover is wrapped up in all the torments of the classic ‘lontananza’ cantata. He is prepared to die for love if his distant beloved would just turn the light of her eyes towards him and show him her face. A large RARARA format aria from the Naples Conservatorio collection (S. Pietro a Majella).

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Leave me alone in my pain! So repeats our (quite upset) protagonist in this RARA format cantata. A sinuous Siciliano and a resolute final aria set the text off very effectively. This is the composer at his very inventive stage.

Source: Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli – IT-NA0059 Segnatura: 33.3.33-05.<br>
Range: e – g’

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From a volume of Mancini cantatas in the S Pietro di Majella Conservatorio library, this is an extremely cheerful ‘lontananza’ cantata. In ARA format with two delightfully playful arias and a complex, emotional recitative, this cantata should prove very popular with singers and audience alike.

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A delightful cantata full of longing and some wonderful word painting in the two arias. ARA format sees Fileno’s lover longing for his return – ‘…stop your running or the sun will not shine…’

Source: Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli – IT-NA0059 ; Segnatura: Cantate 41-08.

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Love and hope are not always good companions!<br>
The source is a manuscript in the Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli – IT-NA0059; Segnatura: Cantate 41(9).

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Source: BL Add MS 64960 Formerly owned by Maria Ducarel, recorded (f. ii verso) as a gift to her from George Henry Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield, in 1768.
Oh, Lidio is being difficult again and causing heartache. His loving lady wishes rather for death than his absence. Finally, in the last aria, he reappears and is likened to the sun at the break of day banishing sadness. Awww… <br>
Double recit-aria format. <br>
Range: d – a” flat

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A classic lontananza cantata with Clori once again responsible for our lover’s torment, but he still wants to "kiss the arrow that pierced my heart…" Oh, for goodness’ sake! RARARA format, with two slow and one fast. Short, vivid recitatives.

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