Arioso

Creator: 
Ralf Popken, countertenor singer at the Akademie fuer Alte Musik Berlin, Marcus Creed, conductor; CAPRICCIO
Description: 

An arioso is a style of delivery in singing that is more melodic than a recitative while being less formally structured than an aria.

Publisher: 
CAPRICCIO - Ein Produkt der Delta Musik GmbH
Contributor: 
Tucker Bilodeau
Rights: 
CAPRICCO, all rights reserved
Format: 
.wav
Language: 
Italian
Type: 
Sound
Source: 

The beginning of the "Si, solo a te mio Dio" recitative from La Conversione di Sant'Agostino by Johann Adolf Hasse.

Date: 
May 6-9, 1991
Location: 

Friednskirche Potsdam-Sanssouci

Subject: 

Vocal music, Solo voice, Oratorio, Opera.

Transcription: 

Italian text: "Si, solo a te mio Dio volger mi volgio ormai, in te voglio sperar. Vita migliore fa, ch'io comincia al fin."

Original Format: 
CD recording
Duration: 
30 seconds
Bit Rate/Frequency: 
2822kbps/44.1kHz