Classic Italian Songs for Medium Voice(意大利经典中音歌唱曲目30首)

This compilation of the most beautiful Italian arias, ariettas, and canzonettas of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries provides all classically trained singers with a requisite repertoire of music in a single volume of exceptional quality and variety.Representing the finest work of 30 masters of that important era, these short
　　pieces form a superb introduction to learning and understanding the historic bel canto singing style, with emphasis on perfecting vocal technique and tonal beauty. The music is also ideal for performing at all levels--from the informal pleasures of singing at home to recitals and formal concert presentations. Included are such lyrical and ardent favorites as Caccini's "Amarilli, mia bella," Caldara's "Sebben, crudele," Giordani's "Caro mio ben," Gluck's "O del mio dolce ardor," Handel's "Ah! mio cor," Monteverdi's "Lasciatemi morire!" Paisiello's "Chi vuol la zingarella," Pergolesi's "Se tu m'ami se sospiri," Vivaldi's "Un certo non so che," and 21 other classics. Singing texts are both in Italian and in English. Additional French texts are given for songs by Martini and Piccinni.

BASSANI, Giovanni Battista
　Dormi, bella, dormi tu? (Art thou sleeping, fair one?)
　　Fragment from the cantata "La Serenata"
BONONCINI, Giovanni Maria
　Deh piu a me non v'ascondete (Ah! why let me ever languish)
　　Arietta
CACCINI, Giulio
　Amarilli, mia bella (Amarilli, my fair one)
　　Madrigal
CALDARA, Antonio
　Sebben, crudele (Tho' not deserving)
　　Canzonetta
CARISSIMI, Gian Giacomo
　Vittoria, mio core! (Victorious my heart is!)
　　Cantata / English version by H. Millard
CAVALLI, Francesco
　Delizie contente, che l'alma beate (Ye blisses, that ravish)
　　Aria from the opera "Giasone"
CESTI, Marco Antonio
　Tu mancavi a tormentarmi (Wilt no longer thou torment me)
　　Aria
DURANTE, Francesco
　Danza, danza, fanciulla gentile (Dance, 0 dance, maiden gay)
　　Arietta
FALCONIERI, Andrea
　Vezzosette e care (Charming eyes so wary)
　　villanella
GASPARINI, Francesco
　Lasciar d'amarti (Love's bond to sever)
　　Fragment from the Second Cantata
GIORDANI, Giuseppe
　Caro mio ben (Thou, all my bliss)
　　Arietta
GLUCK, Cristoforo
　Odel mio dolce ardor (0 thou belov'd)
　　Aria
HANDEL, Giorgio Federico
　Ah! mio cor (Ah, poor heart)
　　Aria
JOMMELLI, Niccol6
　Chi vuol comprar la bella calandrina (Who will buy the beautiful canary)
　　English version by H. Millard
LEGRENZI, Giovanni
　Che fiero costume (How void of compassion)
　　Arietta
LUCA, S. de
　Non posso disperar (I do not dare despond)
　 Arietta
MARCELLO, Benedetto
　I1 mio bel foco--Quella fiamma (My joyful ardor--In my heart)
　　Recitative ed Aria
MARTINI, Giovanni
　Plaisir d'amour (The joys of Love)
　　English version by H. Millard
MONTEVERDI, Claudio
　Lasciatemi morire! (No longer let me languish)
　　Canto from the opera "Ariana"
PAISIELLO, Giovanni
　Chi vuol la zingarella (Who'll try the Gipsy pretty)
　　Canzone
PARADIES, Pier Domenico
　M'ha preso alia sua ragna ('Tis Love, that rogue so wily)
　　Arietta
PERGOLESI, Giovanni Battista
　Se tu m'ami, se sospiri (If thou lov'st me)
　　Arietta
PICCINNI, Niccol6
　O notte, o Dea del mistero (O night, mysterious Goddess)
　　Aria
RONTANI, Raffaello
　Se bel rio (When the murm'ring brooklet)
　　Canzonetta
SARRI, Domenico
　Sen corre l'agnelletta (As when a lamb confiding)
　　Canzonetta
SCARLATTI, Alessandro
　Spesso vibra per suo gioco (Oft the blindfold boy)
　　Canzonetta
SCARLATTI, Domenico
　Consolati e sperm (Take heart again!)
　　Aria
STRADELLA, Alessandro
　Ragion sempre addita (How dearly are prized)
　　Aria
TRAETTA, Tommaso
　Ombra cara, amorosa (Gentle Shade, well beloved)
　　Scena ed Aria
VIVALDI, Antonio
　Un certo non so che (There's one, I know him not)
　　Arietta