- Date: 164
- Composer: Luigi Rossi
- Period: Baroque (1600-1749)
Review
In this cantata, a lover rejects the idea of liberty in the hope of eventually finding pity, using the extravagant metaphors that became almost a requirement during the Renaissance and lasted even into the early Classical period.The text is very closely and carefully structured in a pattern that the music echoes. It is clearly delineated into recitative and aria, beginning, like many such works, with a recitative over a sparse accompaniment. The lover's eager submissiveness is highlighted in the briefly emphatic passage in which the singer rejects pride and the desire for liberty, punctuated by a heavy introductory chord, and immediately returns to a more lyrical expression.
This leads into a short aria over a dance-like continuo, and then the pattern repeats. It ends with another recitative passage which terminates in a vocal flourish on the last word, "beato" (happy), a structure which seems to hint that things will change and the lover will find the longed for result. ~ Anne Feeney, All Music Guide
Albums with Complete Performances of the Work
| Title | Date |
| Lettera Amorosa | 1993 |
