SALVE REGINA. MOTETS BY HASSE AND PORPORA

COMPOSER(s)
NICOLA ANTONIO PORPORA,
JOHANN ADOLF HASSE,
ANTONIO VIVALDI

ARTIST(s)
LES MUFFATTI,
CLINT VAN DER LINDE

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 Averniand Porpora’s Nisi Dominusbeing recorded here for the first time.

01. Hostes averni: I. Hostes averni 4:33
02. Hostes averni: II. Accensa impio furore 1:26
03. Hostes averni: III. Blanda in prato 8:08
04. Hostes averni: IV. Alleluia 1:28
05. Salve Regina: I. Salve Regina 3:56
06. Salve Regina: II. Ad te clamamus 1:58
07. Salve Regina: III. Ad te suspiramus 2:15
08. Salve Regina: IV. Eia ergo 1:06
09. Salve Regina: V. Illos tuos 3:14
10. Salve Regina: VI. O clemens, o pia 2:21
11. Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 154: I. Allegro 1:48
12. Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 154: II. Adagio 1:58
13. Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 154: III. Allegro 2:35
14. Nisi Dominus: I. Nisi Dominus 1:34
15. Nisi Dominus: II. Vanum est 3:55
16. Nisi Dominus: III. Cum dederit 0:46
17. Nisi Dominus: IV. Sicut saggitæ 0:54
18. Nisi Dominus: V. Beatus vir 3:21
19. Nisi Dominus: VI. Gloria 3:21
20. Concerto for Strings in F Major, RV 136: I. Allegro 1:38
21. Concerto for Strings in F Major, RV 136: II. Andante. Pizzicato 1:50
22. Concerto for Strings in F Major, RV 136: III. Allegro. Minuetto 1:19
23. Alma Redemptoris Mater: I. Alma Redemptoris Mater 5:45
24. Alma Redemptoris Mater: II. Tu quæ genuisti 2:51
25. Alma Redemptoris Mater: III. Virgo prius 4:45

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