Based on Schirmer’s Anthology of Italian Song from 1894, the best-selling 24 Italian Songs and Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries was published in 1948, which was in turn based on Arie antiche, compiled and edited by composer Alessandro Parisotti and published by Ricordi in 1885. This week, we’ll unpack the history and hear favorite performances of some of the beloved “songs and arias” from the collection.
Twenty-Four Italian Songs and Arias from the 17th and 18th Centuries
Playlist
Alessandro Scarlatti: Se Florindo è fedele
Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano
Ricardo Requejo, piano
A. Scarlatti: O cessate di piagarmi
José Carreras, tenor
Edoardo Müller, piano
Tommaso Giordani (attrib. Giuseppe Giordani): Caro mio ben
Alfredo Kraus, tenor
José Tordesillas, piano
Francesco Corti (attrib. Benedetto Marcello): “Il mio bel foco…Quella fiamma”
Alesandro Parisotti (attrib. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi): Se tu m’ami
Montserrat Caballé, soprano
Miguel Zanetti, piano
Alessandro Stradella: Pietà, Signore
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
John Wustman, piano
Giulio Caccini: Amarilli
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Giancarlo Rado, archlute
G. Caccini: Amarilli (Egerton manuscript 2971)
Julianne Baird, soprano
Colin Tilney, harpsichord
Giacomo Carissimi (arr. Julian Reynolds): Vittoria, mio core
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Anonymous (attrib. Pergolesi): Nina
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Elizabeth Kenny, theorbo
Antonio Caldara: Sebben crudele
Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto
Miguel Rincón, theorbo
Giovanni Paisiello: Nel cor più non mi sento
Sumi Jo, soprano
Vincenzo Scalera, piano
Paisiello (arr. Craig Terry): Nel cor più non mi sento
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Craig Terry, piano
