
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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