A. Scarlatti - Opera La Statira Aria 'lo non son di quei campioni' by Elizabeth Watts

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725)

Con eco d'amore
Arias from operas and cantatas

Opera La Statira
Dramma per musica in tre atti.

Libretto: Pietro Ottoboni

The first performance at Teatro Tordinona in Rome, on 5 January 1690.

Aria: 'lo non son di quei campioni'

lo non son di quei campioni
Tanto pazzi per l'onor.
Mi dilettano i borsoni,
Son nemico del rumor.


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, solo
Timpani/Percussion: Robert Howes
Harpsichord & Organ: Claire Hammett

Laurence Cummings, director & continuo
The English Concert

[on period instruments]

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