30 Italian Songs and Arias - Book/CD

Italian songs and arias of the 17th and 18th century 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 (based on the "standard" 24, together with other pieces in 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: - word-by-word translations (Italian-English) of th- English singing translations - IPA transliterations of the Italian text - historical notes about each song A CD containing recordings of the piano accompaniments is included with the book. Contents: Contents: Giulio Caccini: Amarilli, mia bella Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire Marco da Gagliano: Valli profonde Sigismondo d'India: Torn ail sereno Zefiro Giacomo Carissimi: Vittoria, mio core; Crudo amore Barbara Strozzi: L'amante bugiardo; La vendetta Giovanni Legrenzi: Che fiero costume Giuseppe Torelli: Tu los sai Alessandro Scarlatti: Già il sole dal Gange; O cessate di piagarmi; Sento nel core; Le violette; Se Florinda è fedele Antonio Lotti: Pur dicesti, bocca bella; Padre, addio Giovanni Bononcini: Non posso disperar; Per la Gloria d'adorarvi Antonio Caldara: Sebben, crudele; Alma del core; Come raggio di sol Francesco Durante: Vergin, tutt'amor; Danza, danza, fanciulla Francesco Conti: Quella fiamma Anonymous: Nina Christoph Willibald von Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor Tommaso Giordani: Caro mio ben Giovanni Paisiello: Nel cor più non mi sento Alessandro Parisotto: Se tu m'ami

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