Porpora, Nicola

Alleluia - Arias by Mozart, Porpora, Handel, Vivaldi / Julia Lezhneva, soprano; Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

1 CD / Decca / 2013-06-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Alleluia; George Frederick Handel: Saeviat tellus inter rigores, motet for soprano, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in D major, HWV 240; Nicola Porpora: In coelo stelle clare, motet for ...
Performers: Lezhneva, Julia
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: ; Il Giardino Armonico

Still in her early twenties, Lezhneva astounds audiences wherever she sings. Praised for her "Pure Tone" (Opernwelt) and "flawless technique" (Guardian), her brief appearance at...continue...

Nicola Porpora: Cantatas for Soprano / Maria Laura Martorana, coloratura soprano; I Virtuosi Italiani

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Nicola Porpora: Il Vulcano, cantata for voice & strings; Il Sogno, cantata for voice & continuo, Op. 1/2; Venticel che trà le frondi, cantata for voice & strings; Il Nome, cantata for voice & co...
Performers: Martorana, Maria Laura
Conductors: Martini, Alberto
Ensemble: I Virtuosi Italiani

At any rate, these cantatas are a testimony to the composer's reputation as one of the most important and influential musicians of the 18th century....continue...
Recording information: Sala Rossa of Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Vicenza, Italy (04/2012)....continue...

The Voice: Philippe Jaroussky

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Nicola Porpora: Polifemo; Siface; Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio; Ercole sul Termodonte; Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede; Giustino; L'Olimpiade; Tieteberga; George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Serse...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Deuter, Markus; Ducros, Jerome; Gliozzi, Emilia; Huille, Jerome [Cello]; Jaroussky, Philippe; Rial, Nuria; Rivoal, Frederic
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; ; Tubéry, Jean; Rhorer, Jérémie; Pluhar, Christina; Paavo, Järvi; Fasolis, Diego; Christie, William
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble la Fenice (France); Ensemble Matheus; Europa Galante; L'Arpeggiata; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Arts Florissants

Established as one of Virgin Classics' bestselling artists, Philippe Jaroussky, who has been described as "the Apollo of countertenors" by Germany's A Die Zeit, stands...continue...

Café: Orient meets Occident / Valer Barna-Sabadus: countertenor; Pera Ensemble

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-08-14

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme; Nicola Porpora: Polifemo; Semiramide Riconosciuta; Gaspar Sanz: Canarios; Ebu Bekir Aga: Geldi cevher tigi ates barina ay (Eviç Karçe), song; ...
Performers: Barna-Sabadus, Valer; Pera Ensemble Istanbul
Conductors:
Ensemble: Pera Ensemble

The aroma of coffee links East and West in a mysteriously sensual manner. Equally sensual are the sounds of the Pera Ensemble, and their latest...continue...
Recording information: CRR Istanbul (2011).

Several musicians, including Jordi Savall, have tried to get a grip on the substantial musical interchange between western Europe and the Ottoman Tur...continue...

Beautiful flame of my heart - works by Ferrandini, Porpora, Naumann / Barbara Christina Steude, soprano; Jan Katzschke, harpsichord

1 CD / New Classical Adventure / 2012-07-31

Works: Giovanni Battista Ferrandini: In questo core, cantata; Augellin, cantata; Nicola Porpora: Non hò vita, hò vita morte, cantata; Tu ten vai, cantata; Johann Gottlieb Naumann: Harpsichord Sona...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Concerto Con Voce

Saxony's Court Orchestra was for many years the working sphere of influential composers known far beyond her borders. Maria Antonia Walpurgis, wife of Friedrich Christian,...continue...
Recording information: Evangelical Church, Röhrsdorf, Sachsen, Germany (08/01/2011-08/04/2011)....continue...

Ladies Sing Baroque / Piau, Kozena, Lemieux, Antonacci, Petibon, Stutzmann, Crowe et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-03-27

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat mater dolorosa a due; Antonio Vivaldi: Mottetto In furore iustissimae irae; Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710; Juditha triumphans; La verità in cimento; Orlando furioso;...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina [Soprano]; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Bertini, Rossana; Cangemi, Veronica; Cousin, Florian; Crowe, Lucy; Gauvin, Karina; Hallenberg, Ann; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kazimierczuk, Angela; ...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Dantone, Ottavio; Minkowski, Marc; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Marchi, Alessandro de; Spering, Christoph; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Rousset, Christophe; ; Curtis, Alan; Antonini,...
Ensemble: ; Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Bizzarrie Armoniche; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Amarillis; Ensemble Matheus; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Gre...

Naïve Classique presents a special project dedicated to the gorgeous voices that enlighten masterpieces of the baroque masters, featuring Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin,...continue...

Sacrificium / Cecilia Bartoli [Deluxe Edition: 2 CD+DVD]

3 CD / Decca / 2012-01-10

Works: Nicola Porpora: Siface; Germanico in Germania; Semiramide riconosciuta; Adelaide; Antonio Caldara: Sedecia; La morte d'Abel figura di quella del nostro Redentore; Francesco Araia: Berenice; Carl Hein...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico

Recording information: Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain (2009-01-28_2009-01-31&2009-).

Featuring mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli on vocals, Sacrificium is the 2009 release from I...continue...

Duetti / Philippe Jaroussky; Max Emanuel Cencic

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Giovanni Bononcini: Pietoso nume arcier, chamber duet for 2 voices & continuo; Chi d'amor tra le catene, chamber duet for 2 voices & continuo; Francesco Mancini: Quanto mai saria più bello, so...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Jaroussky, Philippe
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Two star countertenors, Philippe Jaroussky and Max Emanuel Cencic, join William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, for a programme of chamber-scale duets and arias by...continue...
Recording information: Salle Colonne, Paris (01/19/2011-01/23/2011)....continue...

Italian Concertos & Sonatas

3 CD / Challenge Classics / 2011-11-08

Works: Giovanni Benedetto Platti: Concerto for cello & strings in C major; Concerto for cello & strings in C minor; Nicola Porpora: Concerto for cello & strings in A minor (previously attrib. to Nicola Fior...
Performers: Franenberg, Robert [Violin]; Henstra, Siebe; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Swarts, Lucia; Van der Meer, Richte
Conductors: Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]

This three-disc set of superb 18th century Italian cello music features Boccherini, one of the most important composers for cellists. Lucia Swarts' passion for this...continue...

Bella Napoli

1 CD / Alba / 2011-10-11

Works: Francesco Mancini: Sonata for recorder & continuo no 4 in A minor; Domenico Scarlatti: No, non fuggire o Nice, chamber cantata for soprano & continuo; Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in G major, K ...
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Ensemble: Baccano (Classical)

Baccano is a period-instrument ensemble featuring some of the most prominent Baroque specialist musicians in Finland. This recording alternates between cantatas for soprano and basso...continue...
Recording information: Olari Church, Espoo, Finland (11/2008)....continue...

Orphans & Virtuosos - Porpora / Villa, Andalo, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Nicola Porpora: Salve Regina a 4, for 2 voices, female chorus, strings & organ; Sinfonia no 6 in B major, a tre strumenti; Lamentazione II del Mercoledì; Sinfonia no 5 in E minor, a tre strumenti
Performers: Andalo, Michele

Porpora: Cantatas Nos. 7 - 12 (1735) / Iestyn Davies, countertenor

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-10-11

Works: Nicola Porpora: Or Che Una Nube Ingrata, cantata for contralto & continuo; Oh se fosse il mio core, cantata for voice & continuo, Op. 1/10; Destatevi, o pastori, for voice & continuo, Op. 1/9; Oh! Di...
Performers: Davies, Iestyn; Jonathan Cohen [Cello/Conductor]
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan
Ensemble: Arcangelo

Young countertenor Iestyn Davies makes his highly anticipated Hyperion solo debut with an enchanting disc of cantatas by the Italian composer Nicola Porpora. Porpora's ability...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London (12/10/2010-12/13/2010)....continue...

Great European Organs, No. 84

1 CD / Priory / 2011-09-13

Works: Niccolò Piccinni: Sinfonia in G major; Bartolomeo Franzosini: Pastorale, for organ; Nicola Porpora: Fugue for organ in A major; Giovanni Paisiello: Sonata for organ in B flat major; Padre Giovan...
Performers: Cardi, Emanuele

The choice of repertoire for this CD aims to provide an overview of the Italian organ repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries between Naples...continue...
Recording information: San Benedetto Church, Pontecagnano Faiano, Salerno, Ita (09/28/2010-09/30/2010)....continue...

Pergolesi & Porpora: Chamber Cantatas

1 CD / Musica Ficta / 2011-03-01

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Orfeo ("Nel chiuso centro"), chamber cantata for soprano, strings & continuo, Op. 2/4; Dalsigre, ahi mia Dalsigre ("Lontananza" or "Nigella, ah mia Nigella"), chamber cantata for ...
Performers: Leger, Magali
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Rosasolis

The fruit of many long friendships the Ensemble Rosasolis was formed in 2003 by young musicians who had graduated from top music conservatories in Paris...continue...
Recording information: Salle Capitulaire de la cathédrale de Noyon, France (05/03/2010-05/05/2010)....continue...

Viaggio a Venezia

1 CD / Divox / 2011-01-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Sinfonia, HWV 338; Hornpipe aria, for orchestra in C minor, HWV 355; Suite for orchestra in B flat major, HWV 354; Tomaso Albinoni: Sinfonia, for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 violins...
Performers: Guyonnet, Jonathan [Violin]; Haddad, Jean-Marc; Molardi, Stefano
Conductors: Molardi, Stefano
Ensemble: I Virtuosi Delle Muse

Recording information: Roncegno, casa Raphael, Trento, Italy (04/12/2006-04/15/2006)....continue...

Il Ritiro / Raffaella Milanesi, soprano

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2010-08-10

Works: Francesco Durante: Concerto no 4 in E minor; Leonardo Leo: Vado dal Piano al Monte, cantata for solo voice, strings & continuo; Concerto for Cello, Strings and Basso continuo in C minor, L 30; Sinfon...
Performers: Milanesi, Raffaella
Conductors: Sasso, Giorgio
Ensemble: Insieme Strumentale di Roma

The Instrumental Ensemble with Giorgio Sasso is, without doubt, the most elegant and refined among the old music Italian ensembles. Awarded by international critics (Diapason,...continue...
Recording information: Roma, Chiesa di S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (03/10/2009-03/12/2009)....continue...

Rosso - Italian Baroque Arias / Andrea Marcon. Patricia Petibon, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-08-03

Works: Antonio Sartorio: Giulio Cesare in Egitto; L'Orfeo; Alessandro Stradella: San Giovanni Battista; George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34; Rinaldo, HWV7; Ariodante, HWV 33; Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HW...
Performers: Petibon, Patricia
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea

Patricia Petibon, admired for her command of Baroque style, records her first album of Italian Baroque arias partnered by Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Toblach/Dobbiaco, Kulturzentrum Grand Hotel, Gustav-Mah (09/2009)....continue...

Sonatas From The Dresden Pisendel Collection

1 CD / Accent / 2010-04-03

Works: Giuseppe Torelli: Sonata a 3, for 2 violins, cello & continuo in D major, Op. 1/2; George Frederick Handel: Trio sonata for 2 treble instruments & continuo in C minor, HWV 386a; Silvius Leopold Weiss...
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Ensemble: Batzdorfer Hofkapelle

For his studies Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755), concertmaster at Dresden, compiled a large and precious collection of scores of his own and of other instrumental...continue...
Recording information: Jesu Christus Kirche, Dahlem, Germany (03/25/2009-03/27/2009)....continue...

Cecilia Bartoli / Sacrificium: The Music Of The Castrati [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-03-09

Works: Nicola Porpora: Siface; Germanico in Germania; Semiramide riconosciuta; Adelaide; Artaserse; Gerolamo Giacomelli: Merope; Francesco Domenico Araia: Berenice; George Frederick Handel: Serse
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni; Antonini, Alfredo
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico

Cecilia Bartoli sings virtuoso arias from her 'Sacrificium' album, on location in and around the spectacular baroque palace of Caserta in Southern Italy, just outside...continue...

Sacrificium

1 CD / Decca / 2010-01-12

Works: Nicola Porpora: Siface; Germanico in Germania; Semiramide riconosciuta; Adelaide; Antonio Caldara: Sedecia; La morte d'Abel figura di quella del nostro Redentore; Francesco Araia: Berenice; Carl Hein...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni

Originally released as a deluxe, limited edition in October 2009, Cecilia Bartoli's 'Sacrificium' is now available in a standard, one-CD, jewel-case edition. The album was...continue...
Recording information: Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain (2009-01-28_2009-01-31&2009-).

Featuring mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli on vocals, Sacrificium is the 2009 release from I...continue...

Il Barocco Strumentale Italian - Vivaldi, Torelli, Porpora, et al

2 CD / Nuova Era / 2009-11-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Recorder, Oboe, Violin and Bassoon in G minor, RV 105; Concerto in Fa Maggiore, RV 98 "La Tempesta di mare" per flauto, oboe, violino, fagotto e basso cont; Simo...
Performers: Beier, Paul; Dandolo, Andrea; Fantinuoli, Antonio; Ghielmi, Lorenzo; Mangiocavallo, Luigi; Ronco, Claudio; Veggetti, Stefano
Conductors:
Ensemble: Artifizii Musicali; Ensemble Pian & Forte; Il Giardino Armonico; Tripla Concordia

Sacrificium [Deluxe Edition] / Cecilia Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2009-10-26

Works: Nicola Porpora: Siface, opera in 3 acts; Germanico in Germania, opera; Semiramide riconosciuta, opera (1st version); Adelaide, opera; Antonio Caldara: Sedecia; La morte d'Abel figura di quella del no...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico

Cecilia Bartoli uncovers the extraordinary and cruel world of the castrati and sings the glorious music they inspired. The all-new album consists almost entirely of...continue...
Featuring mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli on vocals, Sacrificium is the 2009 release from Italian baroque collective Il Giardino Armonico. Featuring 12 pieces from the 17th and 18th centuries performed ...continue...

Lava: Opera Arias from 18th Century Napoli

1 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: L'Olimpiade; Adriano in Siria; Nicola Porpora: Lucio Papirio; Se non dovesse il piè, insertion aria for the opera Flavio Anicio Olibrio; Leonardo Vinci: Artaserse; Leonardo L...
Performers: Kermes, Simone
Conductors: Osele, Claudio
Ensemble: Le Musiche Nove

BBC Music Magazine
A blazing reminder that sensitively attuned performances by musicians passionate about their chosen material can restore to blazing vitality a whole operatic era...continue...
Recording information: 11/04/2008-11/11/2008....continue...

Amor Hai Vinto

1 CD / Gramola / 2009-09-01

Works: Agostino Steffani: Spezza, Amor (Amor, break your bows), cantata; Antonio Caldara: Sinfonia for cello solo & continuo (Ms. E.M. 29, Estenische Musikaliensammlung); Nicola Porpora: D'Amore Il Primo Da...
Performers: Gerber, Marelize
Conductors: Nagy, Ulli
Ensemble: Concertino Amarilli

Recording information: Church of Schloss Damtschach, Carinthia, Austria (04/25/2008-04/28/2008)....continue...

Porpora: Arias / Alan Curtis, Karina Gauvin, Il Complesso Barocco

1 CD / ATMA / 2009-08-25

Works: Nicola Porpora: Adelaide, opera; Ezio, opera; Polifemo, opera; Festa d'Imeneo, opera; Orlando, opera; Arianna in Nasso, opera
Performers: Gauvin, Karina
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

With her enchanting voice, profound musicality and extraordinary vocal range, the Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin has been seducing audiences and critics around the world. Following...continue...

Popora: Opera Arias / Breda, Manzotti, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2009-07-14

Works: Nicola Porpora: Adelaide, opera; Mitridate, opera; Poro, opera; Arianna in Nasso, opera; Polifemo, opera; Festa d'Imeneo, opera
Performers: Breda, Nicola; Manzotti, Angelo
Conductors: Breda, Nicola
Ensemble: I Musici della Concordia

Gioachino Rossini, as an old man, expressed regret over the lost art of castrato singing, an art form that was by then obsolete both stylistically...continue...

Le Grazie Veneziane: Music from the Ospedali

1 CD / Carus / 2009-06-09

Works: Nicola Porpora: De profundis, for chorus & orchestra; Johann Adolf Hasse: Laudate pueri in A major (Psalm 112), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus & orchestra; Baldassare Galuppi: Dixit Dominus (Psal...
Performers: Galli, Emanuela; Schiavo, Maria Grazia
Conductors: Kopp, Peter
Ensemble: Dresdner Instrumental-Concert

This recording comes from music written for the charitable institutions in Venice who took in orphans. These Ospedali offered a safe haven for musical girls...continue...

Italia 1600 Argentina 1900 / Verónica Cangemi, Una Stella Ensemble, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Nicola Porpora: Polifemo, opera; Gli orti esperidi, opera; Antonio Vivaldi: Catone in Utica, RV 705; La Fida Ninfa; Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 9; Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en ay menor, vocal ...
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica
Conductors:
Ensemble: Una Stella Ensemble

"this is not a "historical performance," although it draws on the insights developed in that field. It is something better: a Baroque recital in which...continue...

Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles / Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Roland; Persée, LWV 60; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs; Zaïs; Acanthe et Céphise, ou La sympathie, opera; Henry Desmarest: Vénus et Adonis; Christoph Willi...
Performers: Alexiev, Evgueniy; Andersen, Ditte; Auvity, Cyril; Essade, Marie-Helene; Gillot, Delphine; Gonzales-Toro, Emiliano; Haller, Salome; Lenormand, Marie; Mallas-Godlewska, Ewa; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rostand,...
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques

Porpora: Or sì m'avveggio, oh Amore, Credimi pur che t'amo, etc / Fedi, Ipata, Auser Musici

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-09-09

Works: Nicola Porpora: Or sì m'avveggio, oh Amore, cantata for voice, cello & orchestra; Credimi pur che t'amo, cantata for voice & orchestra; Già la notte s'avvicina (La pesca), cantata for voice...
Performers: Fedi, Elena Cecchi; Ipata, Carlo; Palmeri, Alessandro
Conductors: Ipata, Carlo
Ensemble: Auser Musici

Nicola Porpora is best known for his open rivalry with Handel on the London operatic scene and is remembered more for the ferocious controversies that...continue...

Arias for Farinelli /Genaux, Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-04-08

Works: Nicola Porpora: Orfeo, opera; Polifemo, opera; Riccardo Broschi: Idaspe; Geminiano Giacomelli: Adriano in Siria, opera; Merope, opera; Baldassare Galuppi: Concerto a 4, for voice & chamber ensemble i...
Performers: Genaux, Vivica
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

The Telegraph
The hair-raising roulades, trills and enormously wide leaps hold no terrors for her. The performances, directed by René Jacobs, are stylish and expressive, as...continue...

Carestini - The Story of a Castrato / Haïm, Jaroussky, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-11-20

Works: Nicola Porpora: Siface, opera in 3 acts; Giovanni Maria Capelli: I fratelli riconosciuti, opera; George Frederick Handel: Arianna in Creta; Ariodante; Alcina; Leonardo Leo: Farnace, opera in 3 acts; ...
Performers: Jaroussky, Philippe
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle

In this album, countertenor Philippe Jaroussky pays tribute to the famous 18th-century Italian castrato Carestini, for whom Handel composed Arianna in Creta. Jaroussky is rapidly...continue...

The Best of Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-10-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Rodelinda; Rinaldo; Giulio Cesare; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Antonio Vivaldi: Salve Regina, antiphon for voice, double chorus, 2 recorders, flute, double stri...
Performers: Armstrong, Siobhán; Bonney, Barbara; Brough, Harvey; Dantone, Ottavio; Karamazov, Edin; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Na, Hyun-Sun; Scholl, Andreas; Shames, Stacey
Conductors: Norrington, Roger; Dyer, Paul; Dantone, Ottavio; Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: ; Accademia Bizantina; Les Talens Lyriques

The essential collection featuring one-of-a-kind countertenor Andreas Scholl, who burst on the music scene in 1999 to critical acclaim. "Scholl's voice rushes through the bloodstream."...continue...

Mélancolie

2 CD / Naïve / 2006-02-21

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Anorga, Solange; Bavouzet, Jean-Efflam; Bayo, Maria; Cabasso, Laurent; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Christie, Nan; Eloir, Cecile; Gastinel, Anne; Greacen, Timothy; Hill, Martyn; Kaz...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence; Krivine, Emmanuel; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Gardiner, John Eliot; Antonini, Giovanni; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Griffiths, Howard; Spering, Christoph; Robertson, David; Sempe, Skip;...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Chamber Choir; Chorus Musicus; Concerto Italiano; Das Neue Orchester; English Baroque Soloists; Il Giardino Armonico; Les talens lyriques; Lyon National Orchestra; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ens...

Porpora: Orlando / Otero, Expert, Pitarch, Haas, et al

2 CD / K617 / 2006-02-14

Works: Nicola Porpora: Orlando, opera
Performers: Expert, Robert; Haas, Betsabée; Pitarch, Olga
Conductors: Otero, Juan Bautista
Ensemble: Royal Chamber Opera Company Barcelona

Nicola Porpora's 'Orlando' is the influential Neapolitan composer's operatic masterpiece. Porpora left an indelible mark on the 18th century and the careers of its greatest...continue...

Arias for Senesino / Andreas Scholl, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2005-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, HWV 16; Rodelinda; Giulio Cesare; Rinaldo; Tomaso Albinoni: Astarto, dramma per musica (opera) in 3 acts (incomplete); Engelberta, opera in 5...
Performers: Dantone, Ottavio; Scholl, Andreas
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

On this release countertenor Andreas Scholl celebrates one of the 18th Centurys greatest vocal superstars, the remarkable male alto known as Senesino. Senesinos place in...continue...

Historical Recordings / Hungarian String Quartet, et al

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"; Quartet for Strings no 15 in D minor, K 421 (417b); Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D 810 "Dea...
Performers: Antonietti, Jean; Fried, Geza; Halleux, Laurent; Koromzay, Denes; Kuttner, Michael; Magyar, Gabor; Moskowsky, Alexandre; Palotai, Vilmos; Szekely, Zoltan
Conductors: Otterloo, Willem Van

Arianna a Naxos - Haydn, Mozart, etc / David D. Q. Lee

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: La Partenza, WoO 124; Ariettas (4) and a Duet, Op. 82; In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133; Franz Joseph Haydn: Arianna a Naxos ("Teseo mio ben"), cantata for soprano & keyboard, H....
Performers: Lee, David DQ; Nezet-Seguin, Yannick

Songs Without Words / Mela Tenenbaum, Richard Kapp

1 CD / Essay / 2001-11-01

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Menuet in the style of Porpora; Liebesleid; Nicola Porpora: Allegretto grazioso; François-Joseph Gossec: Tambourin; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurk...
Performers: Kapp, Richard [Conductor]; Tenenbaum, Mela

Porpora: Il Gedeone / Martin Haselböck, Wiener Akademie

2 CD / CPO / 1999-07-01

Works: Nicola Porpora: Il Gedeone, oratorio
Performers: Bastlein, Ulf; Chum, Johannes; Perillo, Linda; Waschinski, Jorg
Conductors: Haselböck, Martin
Ensemble: Nova Vocal Ensemble

Concertos for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies / Aadland, etc

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-06-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Sinfonie di concerto grosso no 12 for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo in C minor; Concerto grosso no 6 in E major; Giovanni Pergolesi: Concertino for Strings in G majo...
Performers: Sollima, Giovanni; Viscardi, Giulio Giannelli

'Stylishly played and naturally recorded ... I urge you to share the pleasure I have had from this record' (Gramophone)

'Elegant listening' (American Record Guide)...continue...

The Neapolitan Organ In The 18th Century Vol 2 / Sacchetti

1 CD / Arts / 1997-01-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Toccata for keyboard in A minor (Primo e secondo libro di Toccate no 2; Toccate per Cembalo no 11); Toccata per cembalo in Sol magg. ([Allegro], Fuga, presto); Francesco Nicola ...
Performers: Sacchetti, Arturo