A Scarlatti: Andate o miei sospiri

Description

Forces: soprano & continuo

"Go, oh my sighs, to Irene’s heart, May it know of my pains by you…" An intensely chromatic work with two versions of the final aria. In most sources dated 10 March, 1712 and was composed in response to a cantata by Francesco Gasparini based on the same text. The second version of the final aria aria here is from a later version with the subtitle: con idea inumana, in regolato cromatico, ma non è per ogni professore – the final aria itself is inscribed with the words: Altr’aria capriccio dell’ Autore

Range: d – g’

Editor: Kate Eckersley & James Sanderson