| Alessandro Scarlatti was the first to make systematic use of that richer form of recitation known as recitativo stromentato. |
| The most important of all these improvements was the abandonment of recitativo secco. |
| His empathy for late romanticism was confirmed when, as an encore, he performed Kreisler's unaccompanied Recitativo Scherzo. |
| You will say that a recitativo can be but a poor Specimen of our Music. |
| This duet, charged with exotic rapture, opens with recitativo phrases for Ada. |
| The mood changes from con spirito to andante con expresione, to recitativo, to largo ed amoroso. |
