from LE NUOVE MUSICHE (Florence, 1602)*

AMARILLI, MIA BELLA for soprano solo & continuo, by Giulio Caccini [a.k.a. Romano].

Libretto by Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612).

[original text]
Amarilli, mia bella
Non credi, o del mio cor dolce desio,
D'esser tu l'amor mio?
Credilo pur, e se timor t'assale,
Prendi questo mio strale,
Aprimi il petto e vedrai scritto in core:
Amarilli, Amarilli, Amarailli è il mio amore.

[translation]
Amarilli, lovely Amarilli
Believest thee not, oh my heart's sweet desire
tis thou my heart aspires?
Believe, tis true: yet should a dread besiege thee
doubt not, tis vane
rip my bosom open, and there inscribed you'll see
Amarilli, Amarilli, Amaraillys
My sweetest love art thee


*[Note: dedicated to Lorenzo Salviati and is dated February 1601; it was to be published early in 1602 but the printer, Giulio Marescotti, died before publication was completed, and its release was delayed until July 1602.]

Johanette Zomer (soprano)
Fred Jacobs (therobo)

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