Composer: Johann Adolph Hasse, Nicola Antonio Porpora, Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Clint van der Linde, Les Muffatti
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Ramée
Catalogue: RAM2102
Release: 2022
Size: 2.51 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Hasse: Hostes averni
01. I. Hostes averni
02. II. Accensa impio furore
03. III. Blanda in prato
04. IV. Alleluia
Porpora: Salve Regina
05. I. Salve Regina
06. II. Ad te clamamus
07. III. Ad te suspiramus
08. IV. Eia ergo
09. V. Illos tuos
10. VI. O clemens, o pia
Vivaldi: Concerto for strings No. 6, RV 154
11. I. Allegro
12. II. Adagio
13. III. Allegro
Porpora: Nisi Dominus
14. I. Nisi Dominus
15. II. Vanum est
16. III. Cum dederit
17. IV. Sicut saggitæ
18. V. Beatus vir
19. VI. Gloria
Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in F Major, RV 136
20. I. Allegro
21. II. Andante. Pizzicato
22. III. Allegro. Minuetto
Hasse: Alma Redemptoris Mater
23. I. Alma Redemptoris Mater
24. II. Tu quæ genuisti
25. III. Virgo prius
Naples was in the mid-18th century the third largest European city and one of the greatest centres of political, commercial and cultural influence. The conservatoires there were founded by religious orders and were originally intended as charitable institutions for the accommodation and education of orphans, but soon became real centres of musical education and performance; many leading composers were pupils and teachers there and so contributed to the founding of the Neapolitan School.
Porpora and Hasse are the greatest representatives of the Neapolitan style and both settled in Venice before rising to international fame. Their writing was strongly influenced by opera and reflects the Italian taste of the time; it is also present in their religious compositions.
Les Muffatti and the South-African countertenor Clint van der Linde present works of exceptional expressive power, with Hasse’s Hostes averni and Porpora’s Nisi Dominus being recorded here for the first time.