A. Scarlatti - Oratorio Il Giardino di Rose Aria ’Mentr’io godo in dolce oblio’ by Elizabeth Watts

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725) Con eco d’amore Arias from operas and cantatas Il Giardino di Rose - La Santissima Vergina del Rosario Oratorio a cinque voci The first performance at Roman Palace in Ruspoli’s Rome, on easter 1707. Aria: ’Mentr’io godo in dolce oblio’ Mentr’io godo in dolce oblio Con piu lento mormorio Scherzi l’aura intorno al cor. Mormorando su la sponda Vada a passo l’onda Or che poso in grembo al fior. Elizabeth Watts, soprano Performers: Violins I: Huw Daniel (leader), Sophie Barber, Graham Cracknell, Therese Timoney Violins II: Walter Reiter, Elizabeth MacCarthy, Iona Davies, Almut Schlicker Violas: Alfonso Leal del Ojo, Lousie Hogan Violoncellos: Joseph Crouch, Piroska Baranyay Double-bass: Peter McCarthy Theorbo: William Carter Trumpet: Mark Bennett Timpani/Percussion: Robert Howes Harpsichord & Organ: Claire Hammett Laurence Cummings, director & contin