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Porpora: Passio

Music on the Passion of Christ

Stile Galante: Emanuela Galli, Francesca Cassinari (soprano), Marina De Liso (alto), Fulvio Bettini (baritone), Ludovico Takeshi Minasi (cello) & Andrea Friggi (organ & harpsichord)

Stefano Aresi (direction)

Stefano Aresi varies the duo combination from a pool of four experienced Italian singers...the jubilatory fourth duet, In hoc vexillo Crucis, features extraordinary vocal imitations of declamatory... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 More…

Release Date: 27th Jun 2011
Catalogue No: PC10243
Label: Pan Classics
Length: 72 minutes

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Porpora: 6 duetti latini per la Passione di Gesu Cristo

Work length25:32

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$7.80

Stile Galante
Stefano Aresi

Duetto 1: Crimen Adae quantum constat

Track length9:10

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$2.60

Duetto 2: Rigate lacrimis

Track length9:21

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$2.60

Duetto 3: Mortis causa tu fuisti

Track length7:01

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Porpora: Violin Sonata No. 5 in G minor (arr. M. Clementi)

Work length2:45

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$1.30

Andrea Friggi (keyboards)

Violin Sonata No. 5 in G minor: II. Fuga (arr. M. Clementi)

Track length2:45

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6 duetti latini per la Passione di Gesu Cristo

Work length30:32

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Duetto 4: In hoc vexillo Crucis

Track length8:24

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Duetto 5: Tamquam agnus immolatur

Track length12:32

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Duetto 6: Ab imo pectore

Track length9:36

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$2.60

Porpora: Violin Sonata No. 6 in C major (arr. M. Clementi)

Work length3:13

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$1.30

Andrea Friggi (keyboards)

Violin Sonata No. 6 in C major: II. Fuga (arr. M. Clementi)

Track length3:13

$1.00

$1.30

Miserere [2nd half of the 18th Century]

Work length10:03

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Stile Galante
Stefano Aresi

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Nicola Antonio Porpora (1686-1768) was a celebrated composer and singing teacher, his ability to set the Italian language to music was internationally acknowledged during his lifetime. In a career that spanned almost 70 years Porpora worked in Naples, Rome, Venice, London, Dresden and Vienna. As a singing teacher he created stars such as Farinelli, Caffarelli and Porporino. Much of his compositional output is of exceptional quality. He made his chief contribution in the vocal realm, having written many worthwhile secular and sacred operas, oratorios, serenatas and cantatas, as well as various lamentations and duets.

The six vocal pieces on Latin text – Sei duetti latini sulla passione di nostro signore Gesù Cristo (1754) – were dedicated to the Electoral Prince of Saxony for private devotional use: “to be sung on Lent Fridays in the Chapel of His Most Serene Highness”. The songs, written as da capo arias for two voices and continuo, fit perfectly into the definition of the genre of the Italian Chamber Duet, with the only peculiarity being the Latin texts.

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November 2011

Stefano Aresi varies the duo combination from a pool of four experienced Italian singers...the jubilatory fourth duet, In hoc vexillo Crucis, features extraordinary vocal imitations of declamatory trumpets sung boldly by sopranos Emmanuela Galli and Francesca Saainari. The disc's variety is enhanced by harpsichordist Andrea Friggi playing two Clementi adaptations of Porpora's violin sonatas.

11th August 2011

[The Duets] are sung with great forthrightness and not a whiff of sensuality...An acquired taste, but nicely done.

Porpora: Passio

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