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Porpora: Ad onta del timore

admin — Tue, 28 May 2019 10:16:02 +0000

Forces: soprano & continuo

An example of the futility of asking Love for help Lidio is unfaithful…again…still? In RARA format with a sensuous first aria and an allegro finish with dramatic sighing pauses.
Source: MSS in LBL and I Nc

Editor: James Sanderson

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Riccio: Clori, vorrei narrarti

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:25:02 +0000

Forces: soprano & continuo

Why, oh why, is Clori so hard on her erstwhile lovers? Once again she is up to her old tricks and our singer is more and more upset…

The source is a manuscript in the collection of the Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli; Segnatura: Cantate 20. The cantata is also ascribed elsewhere to Astorga, however current opinion [Jackman & Seller] points towards Riccio as the composer.

Editor: James Sanderson

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Gaffi: Salve Regina

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:59:59 +0000

Forces: soprano & continuo

A beautiful and simple setting of the Marian antiphon in a number of varied sections and a real sense of the architecture of the piece.

Source: Münster Santini Sammlung HS860. This is the only work in the MS by Tommaso Bernardo Gaffi (1667 – 1744).

Editor: James Sanderson

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Pistocchi: Chiari fonti bei fiori

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:13:47 +0000

Eurilla, Love, pleasure, the seasons, what could go wrong? A delightful cantata for soprano and continuo with si sona sections for the accompaniment, a very high range for the singer and real challenge for both.

The source is Santini HS 859 from the collection in the Diözesanbibliotek Münster, where it appears as the penultimate work in a volume of cantatas by Barone Emmanuele D’Astorga, Alessandro Scarlatti, Nicola Porpora and Pistocchi.

Editor: James Sanderson

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Gasparini: Se t’ama se t’adora

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 10:48:42 +0000

Forces: Soprano & continuo

Fille is at it again, withholding her love from an ardent suitor who is, rather pathetically, happy to endure the pain of her keeping her heart to herself. RARA format with some lovely word-painting.

The source is Münster Santini Sammlung HS 3977 which contains cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti, Francesco Mancini, Giovanni Bononcini, Carlo Cesarini and Filippo Colinelli as well as this single piece by Gasparini.

Editor: James Sanderson

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Melani: All’armi o pensieri

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 10:40:17 +0000

Forces: soprano, trumpet and continuo

A challenging and enjoyable cantata the subject of which is given away by the title!

Alessandro Melani was an Italian composer and the brother of composer Jacopo Melani, and castrato singer Atto Melani. Along with Bernardo Pasquini and Alessandro Scarlatti, he was one of the leading composers active in Rome during the 17th century.

Editor: James Sanderson

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Faggioli: Didone abbandonata da Enea

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 10:25:22 +0000

Forces: Soprano & continuo

Didone abbandonata da Enea (I-Nc) shows that Faggioli was a capable if not brilliant composer of serious music: the pathetic text is expressively set, with demands for greater vocal agility than in his comic work and with greater harmonic elaboration.

The source is a manuscript in the collection of the Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli; Segnatura: Cantate 112

Editor: James Sanderson

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Faggioli: Lo Paglietta

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 10:19:58 +0000

Forces: soprano & continuo

An extraordinary work in Neapolitan dialect by the less-well-known Michelango Faggioli.

The source is a manuscript in the collection of the Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli; Segnatura: Cantate 112

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Pepusch: When Loves soft Passion

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:31:02 +0000

Cantata obligato for soprano
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Pepusch: While Pale Britannia pensive sate

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:31:02 +0000

Cantata V from the Second collection of ‘Six English Cantatas’ published in 1723. “While pale Britannia pensive sate with folded arms and downcast eyes, touch’t with her Sons impending Fate, she sadly thus Complaining cryes…”

A splendid opening Largo and finishing with a joyous allegro with trumpet

Editor: James Sanderson

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