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Porpora: Dalla Reggia di Flora Cantatas / Grifone, Musica Perduta
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Porpora: Dalla Reggia di Flora Cantatas / Grifone, Musica Perduta

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Details

Composer
PORPORA, NICOLA
Artist
Musica Perduta, Grifone
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jan 03, 2020
Catalog #
BRI96077
UPC
5028421960777

About

A previous album of cantatas by Nicolo Porpora on Brilliant Classics attracted glowing international reviews, flinging wide open ‘a window on a world generally known only in appearance and from a superficial listening of its flourishes and ornaments, but in reality very concrete and aesthetically complex and articulated.’ (Gothic Network) Now comes a sequel, from a different, equally talented Italian early-music ensemble with an established track record on Brilliant. This album also contains several world premiere or first modern recordings, making available a wider appreciation of Porpora’s dramatic and elaborately decorative vocal idiom. Porpora’s cantatas present an embarrassment of riches to the enterprising performer and the adventurous listener. There are so many that a path must be picked, a theme chosen. For this album, Mvsica Perdvta focus their attention on the subject of flowers and plants, which seems to have inspired the composer to notable artistic heights. Flora’s Realm, ‘Il Reggio di Flore’, stands in for love in the real world, but it also presents a fertile ground for expressive metaphors to be illustrated with instrumental colours and delicately entwining vocal lines. These particular cantatas were newly edited for performance from manuscript sources based in Naples – Porpora’s home city – and Brussels and London. One of the most renowned singing teachers of his day, Porpora had an expert knowledge of the human voice, and these secular cantatas also contain moments of extraordinary pathos, underpinned by great technical skill and remarkable virtuoso élan. Mvsica Perdvta is a flexible chamber group with a particular interest in musicological research. Its Brilliant Classics albums have won praise for their stylish performances and excellent recordings. ‘Sound quality is very good indeed. These days, Brilliant's engineers reliably outperform those of so many bigger labels by some distance… An all but exemplary product.’ (Zuccari, Cello Sonatas, 94306: MusicWeb International)

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. 1 Recitative: Dalla reggia di flora 01:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    Recitative: Dalla reggia di flora
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  2. 2 Aria: Più della rosa e'l giglio 04:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    Aria: Più della rosa e'l giglio
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  3. 3 Recitativo: Cara s'attenta il miri 01:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    Recitativo: Cara s'attenta il miri
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  4. 4 Aria: Quel leggiadretto fiore 04:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    Aria: Quel leggiadretto fiore
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  5. 5 Recitative: Povero fior di clizia 01:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    Recitative: Povero fior di clizia
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  6. 6 Aria, adagio: Io veggio nel tuo moto i tuoi amori 04:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    Aria, adagio: Io veggio nel tuo moto i tuoi amori
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  7. 7 Recitavive: Sventurato che sei tu segui il sole 01:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    Recitavive: Sventurato che sei tu segui il sole
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  8. 8 Aria, a tempo giusto: Tu t'aggiri al sole amato 03:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    Aria, a tempo giusto: Tu t'aggiri al sole amato
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  9. 9 Aria: Su collinetta erbosa 03:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    Aria: Su collinetta erbosa
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  10. 10 Recitative: Invaghita di lei, la dea de' fiori 00:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    Recitative: Invaghita di lei, la dea de' fiori
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  11. 11 Aria: Non ti basta aver ferito 02:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    Aria: Non ti basta aver ferito
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  12. 12 Amaroso: Cieco dio foss'io quel fiore 02:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Amaroso: Cieco dio foss'io quel fiore
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  13. 13 Aria and Recitative: Foss'io quella fonte 00:47
    Track
    13
    Title
    Aria and Recitative: Foss'io quella fonte
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  14. 14 Aria: Allegro: Io vorrei non esser io 02:25
    Track
    14
    Title
    Aria: Allegro: Io vorrei non esser io
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  15. 15 Aria: Allegro: Se la rosa fresca e bella 04:58
    Track
    15
    Title
    Aria: Allegro: Se la rosa fresca e bella
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  16. 16 Recitative: Io son quell'ape Irene 01:29
    Track
    16
    Title
    Recitative: Io son quell'ape Irene
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  17. 17 Aria: Allegro: Il mio cor nel mio piacer 02:42
    Track
    17
    Title
    Aria: Allegro: Il mio cor nel mio piacer
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  18. 18 Aria: Questo è il platano frondoso 03:45
    Track
    18
    Title
    Aria: Questo è il platano frondoso
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  19. 19 Recitative: O rimembranza al mio pensier funesta 02:01
    Track
    19
    Title
    Recitative: O rimembranza al mio pensier funesta
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  20. 20 Aria: Se mai torna ò pianta amica 04:04
    Track
    20
    Title
    Aria: Se mai torna ò pianta amica
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  21. 21 Aria, a tempo giusto: La Viola che languiva 05:30
    Track
    21
    Title
    Aria, a tempo giusto: La Viola che languiva
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  22. 22 Recitative: Già le sue fronde d'oro 00:55
    Track
    22
    Title
    Recitative: Già le sue fronde d'oro
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta
  23. 23 Aria: Per quelle sponde 04:04
    Track
    23
    Title
    Aria: Per quelle sponde
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Nicola Porpora
    Performer
    Cristina Grifone
    Ensemble
    Musica Perduta