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Table of Contents:

• Antioco. Si cor mio confida / Francesco Gasparini (4:29)
• Tolomeo e Alessandro. Stelle vi credo / Domenico Scarlatti (4:30)
• Narciso. Sento che poco a poco / Domenico Scarlatti (3:22)
• Narciso. Che forse porterà / Domenico Scarlatti (2:31)
• Astarto. Sento che già il pensier / Giovanni Bononcini (5:04)
• Numitore. Pensier che m'agitate / Giovanni Porta (5:05)
• Il pensiero (BL Add. Ms. 34056) / Filippo Amadei (7:21)
• Artaserse. Pallido il sole / Johann Adolf Hasse (3:36)
• Artaserse. Tu vuoi ch'io viva, o cara / Leonardo Vinci (5:47)
• Artaserse. Or' la nube procellosa / Nicola Porpora (5:02)
• Polifemo. Lusingato dalla speme / Nicola Porpora (7:04)
• Arianna. Miseri sventurati / Nicola Porpora (5:32).

Contributors:

Vassiliou, Marie

Elliott, Martin, 1954-

Eastaway, James

Trusler, John (Violinist)

Roberts, Andrew (Violinist)

Roberts, Nicholas (Cellist)

Clark, Jane (Harpsichordist)

Gasparini, Francesco, 1661-1727

Scarlatti, Domenico, 1685-1757

Bononcini, Giovanni, 1670-1747

Porta, Giovanni, approximately 1675-1755

Amadei, Filippo, active 1690-1730

Hasse, Johann Adolf, 1699-1783

Vinci, Leonardo, -1730

Porpora, Nicola, 1686-1768

British Library

Languages:

Italian
English

Language Notes:

Sung in Italian.

Included Works:

Antioco [by Gasparini, F.] > Si cor mio confida

Tolomeo e Alessandro [by Scarlatti, D.] > Stelle vi credo

Narciso [by Scarlatti, D.] > Sento che poco a poco

Narciso [by Scarlatti, D.] > Che forse porterà

Astarto [by Bononcini, G.] > Sento che già il pensier

Numitore [by Porta, G.] > Pensier che m'agitate

Pensiero [by Amadei, F.]

Artaserse [by Hasse, J.A.] > Pallido il sole

Artaserse [by Vinci, L.] > Tu vuoi ch'io viva, o cara

Artaserse [by Porpora, N.] > Or' la nube procellosa

Polifemo [by Porpora, N.] > Lusingato dalla speme

Arianna [by Porpora, N.] > Miseri sventurati

Related Works:

Manuscript [British Library] > Additional 34056

Manuscript [British Library] > Additional 22106

Subjects:

Solo cantatas

Songs

Operas — Excerpts

Operas

Genres:

Excerpts

Operas

Performers:

Marie Vassiliou, soprano ; Alasdair Elliott, tenor ; James Eastaway, oboe ; John Trusler, violin ; Andrew Roberts, violin ; Nicholas Roberts, cello ; Jane Clark, harpsichord.

General Notes:

Arias.
"Operatic hits by London's favourite Italian composers"--Container.
Recorded May 27 & 28 1999 at St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb.
"The 'Favourite Songs' from most of the Italian operas done in London were published in reduced scores for domestic use, and it is these that have been used, whenever possible, in this recording. The exceptions are the aria from Scarlatti's Tolomeo e Alessandro, the cantata by Amadei and the duet by Vinci which comes from a manuscript score in the British Library (Add. ms.22106)"--Program notes, p. [4].
Program notes with Italian librettos and English translations ([10] p.) laid in container.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 125,001

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 5019148603573
Publisher Number, Janiculum: JAN D203

OCLC Numbers:

43651263