A. Scarlatti - Cantata Correa nel seno amato Aria ’Ombre opache’ by Elizabeth Watts

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725) Con eco d’amore Arias from operas and cantatas Correa nel seno amato Cantata for voice, 2 violins, continuo. The first performance in 1690. Aria: ’Ombre opache’ Ombre opache che il chiarore Della luce m’ascondete, Se pur sete del dolore Fide amiche, Or che il desio, Deh! piangete al pianto mio. 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] ------------------------ Artwork: The Penitent Magdalen in a Landscape by Agostino Carracci, 1598