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Cupid is at it again in a very effective lontananza cantata in ARARARArioso format. "Separation is a terrible poison, like a cruel snake which reaches your breast. Hope brings despair to every joy". Some really effective writing by a composer much neglected outside of Naples, but celebrated at home.

Source: Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli: Cantate 251

Editor: James Sanderson

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very attractive cantata from BL MS Add 14215 which expounds the plight of the lover of Dorinda (la bella) and has a great gasping aria to end.

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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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An extraordinarily emotional work dealing with the suicide of the distant lover. "These crimson notes, notes which I write to you from opened veins…" Complex recitatives set the scene for two arias largo and affettuoso. Also claimed by some as the work of Bononcini.
Source: Münster Santini Sammlung HS 2459(17) <br>
Range: a – d’

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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’

Editor: James Sanderson

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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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