Our Editions
The majority of our programmes feature music for which there are no modern editions; as such, we endeavor to make our performing editions available on the public domain.
These stay as true to the original sources as possible, refraining from the clutter of prescriptive figured-bass marks and realisations in order to preserve clarity and readability, and leave the performer room for interpretation.
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Arias, Duets & Ensembles from the Operas of Francesco Cavalli
Ghequetst Ben Ic Van Binnen
Ludovicus Episcopius (1520 - 1595)
Sans Murmurer
Michel Lambert (1610 - 1696)
Featuring arias, duets and ensembles from the operas of Francesco Cavalli, edited and with translations by Oliver Doyle. This volume is heir to Le Arie di Cavalli e di Cesti (2015) and has been vastly expanded and professionalised.
Contents:
From La Didone (1641)
Padre, ferma i passi
L'alma fiacca svani
From L'Ormindo (1644)
Prologo
Tu per me ben felice
Volate fuggite – D’Amor non si quereli
From Giasone (1649)
Delizie, e contenti
From La Rosinda (1651)
Vieni, vieni in questo seno
From La Calisto (1651)
Restino imbalsamate
From Il Ciro (1654)
Mia vita, mio bene
From L’Erismena (1655)
Piante odorose
From La Statira (1655)
Cresce il foco
Menfi, mia patria
Io vivo
From L’Artemisia (1657)
Ardo, sospiro e piango
Dammi morte
From L’Elena (1659)
Ecco l’idolo mio
Mia Speranza
From Ercole Amante (1662)
Come si beff’ amore
Figlio, figlio
From Pompeo Magno (1666)
Coetaneo con gli’astri
Sonno, placido nume
From L’Eliogabalo (1667)
Misero così va
Pur ti stringo
This project was kindly supported by the Cavalli Charity,
which seeks to advance learning and education in Early Music.
Part song from the Nieuwe Duytsche Liederkens, Maastricht, 1554, to a text by an anonymous 14th Century Mystic. Prepared from part books preserved in the British Library, with reconstructed soprano parts.
For eight voices SSAATTBB
Air for three voices and continuo with Ritornelle from Lambert's Airs à une, II. III. et IV. parties avec la basse-continue, Paris,1689.
For three voices TTB, continuo and two treble instruments.