Fago: Sapesse il core almen

Description

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Forces: soprano & continuo

Source: BL Add MS 38036 ff 71r – 74v

Lament upon lament fills this emotional cantata in which Tirsi’s absence is mourned. Three arias linked by recitative with some extremely interesting harmonic shifts. The copy is extraordinarily detailed with figures for almost every note in the continuo part.

Range: d – f’

Editor: James Sanderson