Nicola Porpora was a Napolitan composer of Baroque operas and singing teacher, whose the most famous singing student was the castrato Farinelli. Besides some four dozen operas, there are oratorios, solo cantatas with keyboard accompaniment, motets and vocal serenades. Among his larger works, his 1720 opera Orlando, his Venetian Vespers, and the opera Arianna in Nasso have been recorded.
► Selected “Clefs de l’année 2007” by Resmusica
► Orphée d’or of the “Académie du Disque Lyrique”
Isabelle Poulenard, soprano
Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano
Etienne Mangot, cello
Jean-Marc Andrieu, direction and recorder
Choeur Eclats (direction François Terrieux)
Orchestre Les Passions
Direction : Jean-Marc Andrieu
Nicolo Antonio Giacinto Porpora (1686-1768)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
► Porpora. Laetatus sum. Motet for soprano solo, 4 voices choir, strings & b.c.
► Vivaldi. Concerto pour flûte à bec et deux violons en La mineur RV 108
► Porpora. Nisi Dominus. Motet for alto solo, 4 voices choir, strings & b.c.
► Vivaldi. Concerto for cello in F major RV 410
► Porpora. De profundis. Motet for soprano and alto solo, 4 voices choir, strings & b.c.
Duration : 68’55
Sicut erat extrait du De Profundis, avec le Choeur Eclats
Sustinuit extrait du De Profundis, avec Guillemette Laurens
Gloria extrait du Laetatus sum, avec Isabelle Poulenard
Allegro extrait du Concerto pour violoncelle en fa majeur de Vivaldi, avec Etienne Mangot
Allegro extrait du Concerto pour flûte à bec en la mineur, avec Jean-Marc Andrieu
The “Venetian Vespers”disc was recorded in junenbsp;2007 at the Saint-Jean Baptiste Chapel in Toulouse. Label Ligia / Harmonia Mundi, Distribution 2007.
Artistic direction : Olivier Vernet. Recording and editing: Eric Baratin.
With the support of l’ADDA 82.