An educational programme featuring early music.
The travel journals of Charles Burney (1726-1814).
Part 7: Burney’s journey to Naples. Here, he hears music by Niccolò Piccinni, Giovanni Paisiello and Francesco Durante – and he must have heard tarantellas on the city streets, too.
Niccolò Piccinni (1728-1800)
1. From Roland, acte 2:
– Onde enchantéresse (choir)
– Lentement (instrumental)
– Un charme dangereux (Thémire)
– Non je ne cherche plus (Angélique)
– Belle Angelique enfin (Roland)
Luca Grassi, Roland. Alla Simoni, Angélique. Sara Allegretta, Thémire. Bratislava Chamber Choir, Orchestre internationale D’Italia led by David Golub
(CD Niccolo Piccinni – Roland. Dynamic CDS 367/1-3)
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
From ‘Six divertissements en quatuors, pour flûte, violon, viola & violoncelle obligés’:
2. Divertimento no. 4 in C major
– Allegro moderato
– Rondò
Guido Sasso, traverso. Giorgio Sasso, violin. Gabriele Folchi, viola. Luca Peverini, cello. Insieme Strumentale di Roma
(CD Giovanni Paisiello – Domenico Cimarosa. Stradivarius STR 33567)
Francesco Durante
Francesco Durante (1684-1755)
3. Magnificat in Bes-groot
– Magnificat anima mea
– Et misericordia
– Fecit potentiam
– Deposuit potentes
– Suscepit Israel
– Sicut locutus est
– Gloria Patri
– Sicut erat in principio
Bernard Landauer, alto. Herman Oswald, tenor. Ekkehard Abele, bass. Freiburger Barockorchester and Balthasar-Neumann Choir led by Thomas Hengelbrock
(CD Astorga Stabat Mater Pergolesi Confitebor Durante Magnificat. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77369)
Traditional Neapolitan music
4. Tarantella Napoletana, tono Hyperdorico
5. Tarantella dell’ Avenna: La Passariellu
6. Tarantella Calabrese
7. Antidotum Tarantulae
Marco Beasley, tenor. L’Arpeggiata led by Christina Pluhar
(CD La Tarantella – L’Arpeggiata. Outhere Alpha 818)
