A. Scarlatti - Oratorio Il Giardino di Rose Aria 'Mentr'io godo in dolce oblio' by Elizabeth Watts

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725)

Con eco d'amore
Arias from operas and cantatas

Il Giardino di Rose - La Santissima Vergina del Rosario
Oratorio a cinque voci

The first performance at Roman Palace in Ruspoli's Rome, on easter 1707.

Aria: 'Mentr'io godo in dolce oblio'

Mentr’io godo in dolce oblio
Con piu lento mormorio
Scherzi l’aura intorno al cor.
Mormorando su la sponda
Vada a passo l’onda
Or che poso in grembo al fior.


Elizabeth Watts, soprano

Performers:
Violins I: Huw Daniel (leader), Sophie Barber, Graham Cracknell, Therese Timoney
Violins II: Walter Reiter, Elizabeth MacCarthy, Iona Davies, Almut Schlicker
Violas: Alfonso Leal del Ojo, Lousie Hogan
Violoncellos: Joseph Crouch, Piroska Baranyay
Double-bass: Peter McCarthy
Theorbo: William Carter
Trumpet: Mark Bennett
Timpani/Percussion: Robert Howes
Harpsichord & Organ: Claire Hammett

Laurence Cummings, director & continuo
The English Concert

[on period instruments]

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