Soprano voice & basso
continuo
SKU:
HH.HH149-FSP
Composed
by Tomaso Giovanni
Albinoni. Edited by
Michael Talbot. Voice
(Soprano) & Basso
Continuo. Full score and
parts. Duration 7
minutes. Edition HH Music
Publishers #HH149-FSP.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
(HH.HH149-FSP).
ISBN
9790708059035.
This
cantata, from an
important manuscript in
Berlin containing 18
Albinoni cantatas for
soprano and continuo, is
on the evergreen subject
of unrequited love.
Elmindo, whose overtures
to Irene are producing no
result, masochistically
begs her to look at him.
His game plan is to weep
even more profusely as a
result, thereby provoking
her into taking pity on
him and reciprocating his
affections. This is
Albinoni at his most
wistful and charming -
with enough ironic
detachment to prevent the
emotion from becoming
overblown.
