Italian Cantatas

Album by George Frideric Handel & The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock & Jennifer Smith & John Elwes

Italian Cantatas is a collection of secular cantatas by George Frideric Handel, composed in the early 18th century. The pieces combine Italianate vocal lyricism with Baroque basso continuo and instrumental obbligato textures, reflecting Handel's operatic sensibility from his Italian period and forming a link to his later London operas and oratorios.

Italian Cantatas by George Frideric Handel - album cover

First released: 2nd March 1987

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1.
Silete venti, HWV 242: Symphonia
2:39
2.
Silete venti, HWV 242: Accompagnato "Silete venti"
3:27
3.
Silete venti, HWV 242: Aria "Dulcis amor"
7:28
4.
Silete venti, HWV 242: Accompagnato "O fortunata anima"
0:34
5.
Silete venti, HWV 242: Aria "Date serta"
9:54
6.
Silete venti, HWV 242: Aria "Alleluja"
3:03
7.
Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89: Recitativo (Tenore) "Cecilia, volgi un sguardo"
0:37
8.
Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89: Aria (Tenore) "La virtute è un vero nume"
4:53
9.
Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89: Recitativo (Tenore) "Tu armonica Cecilia"
0:35
10.
Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89: Aria (Tenore) "Splenda l'alba"
6:25
11.
Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89: Recitativo (Soprano) "Carco sempre di gloria"
0:30
12.
Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89: Aria (Soprano) "Sei cara, sei bella"
8:13
13.
Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89: Recitativo (Soprano) "È ben degna di lode"
0:21
14.
Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89: Duetto (Soprano/Tenore) "Tra amplessi innocenti"
6:25