30 Italian Songs & Arias | Medium-High Voice & CD

Italian songs and arias of the 17th and 18th centuries have for many years been essential repertoire for voice (singing) students. But this music is principally known in Romantic adaptations that the original composers would barely recognise. This collection of 30 songs and arias (based on the ‘standard’ 24, together with other pieces in the Italian style) recreates the clearer, cleaner – and easier to play – accompaniment style of the 17th and 18th centuries. In addition to authentic editions of the music, the book includes invaluable information that will help singers interpret and perform this repertoire:

• Word-by-word translations (Italian-English)
• IPA transliterations of the Italian text
• Historical notes about each song

For medium-high voice and piano. A companion CD, containing recordings of all the piano accompaniments, is also  included.

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