Mancini: Agitato mio pensiero

Description

Forces: alto & continuo

Source: BL Add MS 64960 Formerly owned by Maria Ducarel, recorded (f. ii verso) as a gift to her from George Henry Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield, in 1768.

Here Amor is stirring the heart and throughts of an erstwhile lover. With an excellent opening allegro and concluding with a slightly ‘crooked’ andante this is a jolly sing through one of the genre’s typical subjects.
Range: a – c’

Editor: James Sanderson