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NEAPOLITAN CONCERTOS
The Neapolitan Baroque, especially in the first half of the eighteenth century, was a vibrant and vital time for instrumental music, as Josetxu Obregón and La Ritirata now demonstrate with their new recording of six concertos from that era. The Neapolitan school – which owed so much in its formation to Francesco Provenzale – flourished in the hands of Francesco Mancini, Nicola Porpora, Nicola Fiorenza, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Alessandro Scarlatti, all represented with concertos on this Glossa recording.
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The members of La Ritirata are more than a match for their Neapolitan predecessors in both stylishness and technique. The soloists gathered by Josetxu Obregón represent some of the leading musical lights in Spain today: violinist Hiro Kurosaki (in a Fiorenza concerto), recorder-player Tamar Lalo (Scarlatti and Mancini), harpsichordists Ignacio Prego and Daniel Oyarzabal (Pergolesi) and not least, Obregón himself who is the cello soloist in works by Fiorenza and Porpora.
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NEAPOLITAN CONCERTOS FOR VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS​
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1-4. Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
Sinfonia in C major for violoncello, violins and basso continuo
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5-8. Francesco Mancini (1672–1737)
Concerto in G minor for recorder, 2 violins, violoncello and basso continuo
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9-11. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
Concerto for 2 harpsichords and strings
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12-15. Nicola Fiorenza (c. 1700–1764)
Concerto in D major for cello, 2 violins and basso continuo
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16-19. Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
Concerto in C major for recorder, 2 violins, violoncello and basso continuo
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20-22. Nicola Fiorenza (c. 1700–1764)
Concerto in D major for violin and strings
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CREDITS
LA RITIRATA
Tamar Lalo | Recorder
Hiro Kurosaki, Pablo Prieto, Daniel Pinteño | Violins
Daniel Lorenzo | Viola
Josetxu Obregón, Paz Alonso | Cellos
Ismael Campanero | Violone
Daniel Oyarzabal, Ignacio Prego | Harpsichordists
Daniel Zapico | Theorbo
Federico Prieto | Sound Engineer
Bart Vandewege | Musical Advisor
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Recorded in Cercedilla (Iglesia de San Sebastián)
September 2017 | (p) & © 2018 NOTE 1 MUSIC
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Catalogue: GCD 923106
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