A Scarlatti: Silentio, aure volanti

Description

Forces: soprano, strings & continuo

‘Silentio, aure volanti – the pain of unrequited love in a sinuous cantata of the night. Arioso interwoven into a contrapuntal 4 part texture is a feature of this early work, whose central aria ‘Piangerò’ is a profound lament in C minor. ‘Silentio, aure volanti’ can be heard on ‘Olimpia and other Cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti’, chacona (ABC Classics 461 687-2).

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Editor: Rosalind Halton