Augelletti che cantate

Augelletti, che cantate from the opera Rinaldo, HWV 7
by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Anna Fusek, sopranino recorder
Il Pomo d’Oro under Maxim Emelyanychev

Augelletti, che cantate,
zefiretti che spirate
aure dolci intorno a me,
il mio ben dite dov'e!

Little birds, you who sing,
little zephyrs, you who breathe
sweet airs around me,
tell me where my beloved is!

From the liner notes:
"Almirena rejoices in the peace and tranquility of her garden, confiding her love for Rinaldo to the birds and the breeze in the delightful 'Augelletti, che cantate,' complete with flights of virtuoso birdsong for sopranino recorder." - Simon Heighes

CD available from Warner Classics:

Art in the video by Olga Suvorova (b. 1966)