Composer of the Week - The Neapolitan Golden Age - Episode 1

Donald Macleod journeys through a century of music-making in Naples which put even its great rival Venice's culture in the shade. The death in 1725 of the great Alessandro Scarlatti offers new opportunities to Neapolitan musicians. Vinci: Sinfonia for strings (1st mvt) Cappella della Pieta de'Turchini Antonio Florio (conductor) NAIVE OP30274 - Tr 10 Vinci: Erighetta e Don Chilone (excerpt) Erighetta ...... Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) Don Chilone ...... Giuseppe Naviglio (bass) Cappella della Pieta de'Turchini Antonio Florio (conductor) NAIVE OP30274 - Trs 6-9 Durante: Sonate per cembalo divise in studii e divertimenti (Study No 6) Laura Alvini (harpsichord) TACTUS TC680402 - Tr 11 Durante: Duet: Methilde, alma via Ensemble Concerto: Cristina Miatello (soprano) Claudio Cavina (contralto) Laura Alvini (harpsichord) Roberto Gini (cello) TACTUS TC680401 - Tr 7 Durante: Lamentations of Jeremiah - Lectio terza in fera sexta parasceve Monika Frimmer (soprano) Mechtild Bach (soprano) Margarete Joswig (alto) Kolner Kammerchor Collegium Cartusianum Peter Neumann (director) CPO 999 325-2 - Trs 14-21.