THE ITALIAN DRAMA
through cantatas and arias from Monteverdi to Haendel





Claudio Monteverdi Lamento di Ottavia:” Addio Roma..” ( from “Incoronazione di Poppea”)
Voglio di vita uscir

Bernardo Storace Ciaccona

Antonio Vivaldi “Fonti del pianto” Cantata for soprano and b.c.RV656

Georg Friederich Haendel “Lascia ch’io pianga “
(from “Suits of the…lessons” for harpsichord solo,
settled by Mr. William Babell)

Benedetto Ferrari “Amanti, io vi so dire”

Antonio Vivaldi “Armate facae et anguibus…”( from “Juditha triumphans”)

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Niccolò Porpora “ Tirsi chiamare a nome” Cantata for soprano and b.c

Georg Friedrich Haendel “Sulla ruota di fortuna”
(from “Suits of the…lessons” for harpsichord solo,
settled by Mr. William Babell)

“Allor ch’io dissi addio” Cantata for soprano and b.c

“Piangerò la sorte mia” ( from “Giulio Cesare”)

“Vò far guerra”
(from “Suits of the…lessons” for harpsichord solo,
settled by Mr. William Babell)

Antonio Vivaldi “La speranza verdeggiando”
( from “Orlando finto pazzo”RV727)