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Donald Macleod explores the new opportunities offered to Neapolitan musicians following the death in 1725 of the great Alessandro Scarlatti.
Donald Macleod journeys through a century of music-making in Naples which put even its great rival Venice's culture in the shade. The death in 1725 of the great Alessandro Scarlatti offers new opportunities to Neapolitan musicians.
Vinci: Sinfonia for strings (1st mvt)
Cappella della Pieta de'Turchini
Antonio Florio (conductor)
NAIVE OP30274 - Tr 10
Vinci: Erighetta e Don Chilone (excerpt)
Erighetta ...... Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
Don Chilone ...... Giuseppe Naviglio (bass)
Cappella della Pieta de'Turchini
Antonio Florio (conductor)
NAIVE OP30274 - Trs 6-9
Durante: Sonate per cembalo divise in studii e divertimenti (Study No 6)
Laura Alvini (harpsichord)
TACTUS TC680402 - Tr 11
Durante: Duet: Methilde, alma via
Ensemble Concerto:
Cristina Miatello (soprano)
Claudio Cavina (contralto)
Laura Alvini (harpsichord)
Roberto Gini (cello)
TACTUS TC680401 - Tr 7
Durante: Lamentations of Jeremiah - Lectio terza in fera sexta parasceve
Monika Frimmer (soprano)
Mechtild Bach (soprano)
Margarete Joswig (alto)
Kolner Kammerchor
Collegium Cartusianum
Peter Neumann (director)
CPO 999 325-2 - Trs 14-21.
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