6 CELLO SONATAS

Amoroso 2’37 Allegro 1’49 Tempo Giusto 1’51 Allegro 3’02 Affettuoso 2’00 Allegro 2’35 Adagio 1’47 Allegro 2’50 Adagio 2’34 Allegro 2’34 Adagio Staccato 1’50 Allegro 2’16 Adagio E Staccato 2’29 Allegro 2’39 Adagio 1’20 Allegro Staccato 2’32 Adagio 2’38 Allegro 2’38 Adagio 1’38 Allegro 3’24 Adagio 2’53 Allegro 2’33 Largo 2'14 Allegro Staccato 1’39 Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) was one of the most important and successful composers of the Neapolitan School in Italy. His fame was widespread as he worked in the European capitals London, Dresden and Vienna, where his works were successfully staged. Porpora was also a singer and teacher, which explains the strong vocal quality of his instrumental works. The 6 Cello Sonatas recorded on this CD try to emulate the “vox humana”, expressing the human emotions through instrumental virtuosity and phrasing. The manuscript of the 6 Cello Sonatas lists Porpora and Constanzi as composers, but very probably the works were written by Porpora alone. Beautiful performances by Adriano Fazio, cello and an instrumental continuo ensemble featuring violin, cello, theorbo and harpsichord. Katarzyna Solecka violin Anna Camporini cello Pedro Alcacer theorbo Lorenzo Profita harpsichord (Sebastiano Cali, 2010, after Johannes Couchet, 1679 (Flemish)) Recording: March 2016, Cappella Sclafani - Basilica San Francesco d’Assisi , Palermo, Italy