Chatham Baroque: Scarlatti (1660-1725) - Cantata Pastorale, "Toccò la prima sorte"

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Cantata Pastorale: O, di Betlemme altera
Pastorale: "Toccò la prima sorte"
from Chatham Baroque's program
Handel's Gloria: Celebrating the Divine in Baroque Italy
Recorded live Sunday, December 18, 2016 - Campbell Memorial Chapel, Pittsburgh, PA

Chatham Baroque
Andrew Fouts, violin
Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba
Scott Pauley, archlute, theorbo
with
Pascale Beaudin, soprano
Paul Miller, violin
Nikray Kowsar, viola
David Walker, archlute, theorbo

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Translation:
Toccò la prima sorte a voi Pastori
perche si fa Giesù di Dio l’Agnello.
Offrite a là suo Cuna i nostri cori
Mirate quanto e vago, e quanto bello.

You shepherds were chosen first
because Jesus was made the Lamb of God.
Offer your hearts to his cradle.
Gaze at him, see how precious and how beautiful.