London Baroque offers another installment in its ongoing European Trio Sonata series, this time devoted to 18th-century Italy; as with the ensemble’s previous efforts the
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) was a Neapolitan composer who penned more than 50 operas. He was as well known for being the voice teacher of one
Nicola Porpora, a contemporary of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and Haydn (and a very young Mozart) is best remembered today as a famous singing teacher and
Some sacrifices aren’t worth making in order to hear rarely performed repertoire–like subjecting your ears and musical sensibilities to the performances on this recording. Recorded
Among a few other notable things, Handel was a brilliant melodist, especially adept at creating bright, happy, uplifting tunes, the kind that seem so perfect