Episode 3
Donald Macleod follows the lives of some of the young graduates of the conservatoire in Naples who carried their training across Europe.
Donald Macleod follows the lives of some of the young graduates of the conservatoire in Naples who carried their training across Europe, cementing the city's reputation as a cultural hothouse.
Piccinni: Overture (Le donne vendicate)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis (conductor)
CHACONNE CHAN0705 CD1 - Tr 1
Jommelli: Don Trastullo (excerpt)
Don Trastullo ...... Giuseppe Naviglio (bass)
Arsenia ...... Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
Giambarone ...... Rosario Totaro (tenor)
Cappella della Pieta de'Turchini
Antonio Florio (conductor)
OPUS111 OP30280 - Trs 8-11
Jommelli: Didone Abbandonata (conclusion)
Didone ...... Dorothea Roschmann (soprano)
Selene ...... Mechthild Bach (mezzo-soprano)
Osmida ...... Arno Raunig (tenor)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Frieder Bernius (conductor)
ORFEO C381953 CD3 - Trs 20-22
Porpora: Cello Sonata (London, c.1733)
Musica Alta Ripa
MDG 309 0779-2 - Trs 7-10
Jommelli: Miserere
A Sei Voci
Bernard Fabre-Garrus (director)
AUVIDIS E8590 CD1 - Tr 1.
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- Wed 17 Dec 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 17 Dec 200822:00BBC Radio 3
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