Composer: Francesco Durante, Nicola Fiorenza, Nicola Porpora
Performer: Marcello Scandelli
Orchestra: Accademia dell’Annunciata
Conductor: Riccardo Doni
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: A540
Release: 2023
Size: 2.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Durante: Concerto No. 8 in A major “La Pazzia”
01. I. Allegro – Affettuoso – Allegro – Andante – Allegro – Affettuoso – Allegro – Affettuoso – Andante
02. II. Affettuoso
03. III. Allegro
Durante: Concerto No. 4 in E minor
04. I. Adagio
05. II. Ricercar del 4° tono. Allegro
06. III. Largo
07. IV. Presto
Durante: Concerto No. 2 in G minor
08. I. Affettuoso
09. II. Presto
10. III. Largo affettuoso
11. IV. Allegro
Durante: Concerto No. 9 in B flat major
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Andante moderato – Allegro
14. III. Allegro
Fiorenza: Sinfonia for 4 Violins and Continuo in C Minor
15. I. Largo
16. II. Fuga
17. III. Largo
18. IV. Allegro
Durante: Concerto No. 7 in C major
19. I. Moderato
20. II. Allegro
21. III. Larghetto
22. IV. Presto
CD 02
Durante: Concerto No. 5 in A major
01. I. Presto
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro
Porpora: Concerto for violoncello and strings in A minor
04. I. Largo
05. II. Allegro
06. III. Adagio
07. IV. Allegro
Durante: Concerto No. 6 in A major
08. I. Allegro
09. II. Amoroso
10. III. Minuet. Allegro – Trio. Allegro
11. IV. Canone a 3
Durante: Concerto No. 3 in E flat major
12. I. Presto
13. II. Largo staccato – Cantabile (Canone sopra canone a 4) – Largo – Cantabile
14. III. Allegro
15. IV. Minuetto
16. V. Allegro assai – Finale
Durante: Concerto No. 1 in F minor
17. I. Un poco andante
18. II. Allegro
19. III. Andante
20. IV. Amoroso
21. V. Allegro
Maestro di cappella in two conservatories in Naples, Francesco Durante was one of the prominent representatives of the eighteenth-century Neapolitan school. A unique case in the history of Neapolitan music, Durante did not write any opera and devoted himself exclusively to pedagogical works and to the composition of sacred and instrumental music. His Concerti per archi are among the most significant contributions to the genre of the orchestral concerto. They represent a summa of the early eighteenth-century Neapolitan style. Durante blends the main aesthetic approaches of the time, from the stricter contrapuntal style \u2013 illustrated by fugue, canon, and Recercare movements \u2013 to the new galant style \u2013 transpiring from the slow cantabile or in movements marked Affettuoso or Amoroso. Besides the eight better-known Concerti included in all manuscript sources, this recording contains also a ninth concerto found in a single, but authoritative source. \nThe Accademia dell\u2019Annunciata has risen to prominence with three successful albums alongside Giuliano Carmignola and Mario Brunello. Now, more than thirty years after the pioneering recording by Concerto Kln, the Milanese ensemble wholly fulfils its promise with a refreshing reading of these orchestral masterpieces from the late Baroque, to be paired with the famous Concerti per archi by Vivaldi.