arioso

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As throughout the evening, she favored fast tempos and booming dynamics, keeping the audience from truly being seduced by the arioso passages of the first movement.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022

Recitative and arioso passages allow the singers to barrel through words at a tremendous clip.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2015

The obbligato viole d’amore parts in the bass arioso “Betrachte, meine Seel’,” were ravishingly played.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2014

Her vocal lines are mostly routine arioso, while the ensemble writing is most effective when thinned to a single line – a teetering piano solo, perhaps, or a thrummed cello.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2010

The fifth number is a solemn chorale in unison, leading to a soprano solo in the arioso style, “Caro cibus,” which is exquisitely beautiful.

From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)