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La Silvia, RV 734 / Act 2 : Vivaldi: La Silvia, RV 734 / Act 2: "Quell’augellin che canta" by Cecilia Bartoli album cover

La Silvia, RV 734 / Act 2 : Vivaldi: La Silvia, RV 734 / Act 2: "Quell’augellin che canta"

by Cecilia Bartoli

About This Song

About "La Silvia, RV 734 / Act 2 : Vivaldi: La Silvia, RV 734 / Act 2: "Quell’augellin che canta"" by Cecilia Bartoli

A little bird sings, but Bartoli's voice carries the weight of a caged heart. Vivaldi's fluttering figures mimic wings, yet the underlying harmony is shadowed—a pastoral scene with a tremor of loss, as if the songbird knows the winter is coming.