Various - 30 Italian Songs and Arias of the 17th & 18th Centuries

Songs set by the ABRSM:

• Giordani - Caro mio ben (Dearest and Best/Ah Dearest Love) (in Eb (d'-f\") AB 4)
• Scarlatti - O cessate di piagarmi (from Il Pompeo) (in D minor (c#'-c\") AB 4)
• attrib Pergolesi - Nina (in F minor (eb'-g\") AB 5)
• Scarlatti - Le Violette (Rugiadose, odorose) (in A (e'-f#\") AB 5)
• Bononcini - Per la gloria d'adorarvi (from Griselda) (in F (d'-f\") AB 6)
• Caldara - Alma del core (in A (a'-g#\") AB 6)
• Torelli - Tu lo sai (You Know Well) (in E (c#'-f#\") AB 6)
• Caccini - Amarilli, mia bella (Amarylis, My Lovely) (in G minor (d'-e\") AB 7)
• Caldara - Come raggio di sol (Just as the Radiant Sun/Softly the Rays of Sun) (in G minor (e'-g\") AB 7)
• Caldara - Sebben, Crudele (from La costanza in amor vince l'inganno) (in E minor (e'-f#\") AB 7)
• Durante - Vergin, tutt'amor (Virgin, Full of Love) )in D minor (d'-f\") AB 7)
• attrib Parisotti/Pergolesi - Se tu m'ami (If You Love Me) (in G minor (c'-g\") AB 7)
• Scarlatti - Sento nel core (What Am I Feeling?/I Feel Within My Heart/Sorrow Unending) (in E minor (d#'-e\") AB 7)
• Conti - Quella fiamma (Oh the Flames) (Ital/Eng) in C minor (d'-g\") AB 8)
• Durante - Danza, danza, fanciulla (Dance, O Dance, O My Pretty) (Ital/Eng) (in C minor (b-g\") AB 8)
• Gluck - O del mio dolce ardor (from Paride ed Elena) (Ital/Eng) (in F minor (c'-g\") AB 8)
• Lotti - Pur dicesti, o bocca bella (from Arminio) (Ital/Eng) (in E (e'-f#\") AB 8)

(It.). Includes a CD of piano accompaniments. Italian songs and arias of the 17th and 18th centuries have for many years been essential repertoire for anyone learning to sing. But this music is principally known in romantic adaptations which the original composers would barely recognize. This new collection of 30 songs and arias (the \"standard 24\", together with six other pieces typical of the Italian style) recreates the clearer and cleaner - and easier to play - accompaniment style of the 17th and 18th centuries. In addition to authentic editions of the music, the book contains invaluable information which will help singers interpret and perform this repertoire: 1. word-by-word translations (Italian-English) of the original text: 2. English singing tran slations: 3. IPA transliterations of the Italian text: 4. historical notes about each song: 5. A CD, containing recordings of the piano accompaniments, is included with the book.
1. Giulio Caccini: Amarilli, mia bella: 2. Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire:3. Marco da Gagliano: Valli profonde: 4. Sigismondo d’India: Torn ail sereno Zefiro: 5. Giacomo Carissimi: Vittoria, mio core: 6. Crudo amore: 7. Barbara Strozzi: L’amante bu giardo: 8. La vendetta: 9. Giovanni Legrenzi: Che fiero costume: 10. Giuseppe Torelli: Tu los sai:11. Alessandro Scarlatti: Già il sole dal Gange: 12. O cessate di piagarmi: 13. Sento nel core: 14. Le violette: 15. Se Florinda è fedele: 16. Antonio Lotti: Pur dicesti, bocca bella: 17. Padre, addio: 18. Giovanni Bononcini: Non posso disperar: 19 Per la Gloria d’adorarvi: 20. Antonio Caldara: Sebben, crudele: 21. Alma del core: 22. Come raggio di sol:23. Francesco Durante: Vergin, tutt’amor: 24. Danza, danz a, fanciulla: 25. Francesco Conti: Quella fiamma:26. Anonymous: Nina: 27. Christoph Willibald von Gluck: 25. O del mio dolce ardor:28. Tommaso Giordani: Caro mio ben: 29. Giovanni Paisiello: Nel cor più non mi sento: 30. Alessandro Parisotto: Se tu m’ami

30 Italian Songs & Arias (medium/high)