Bella Napoli

Baccano · Markku Mäkinen · Hanna Haapamäki · Tuuli Lindeberg

2011 · ABCD 315

Credits

Performers: BaccanoMarkku Mäkinen — HarpsichordHanna Haapamäki — RecorderTuuli Lindeberg — SopranoMervi Kinnarinen — Baroque violinJussi Seppänen — Cello
Composers: Francesco ManciniDomenico ScarlattiGiuseppe PorsileNicola PorporaAlessandro Scarlatti

About this release

Bella Naples
Baccano
Wind Lindeberg soprano
Hanna Haapamäki recorder
Mervi Kinnarinen baroque violin
Jussi Seppänen baroque cello
Eero Palviainen lute & baroque guitar
Markku Mäkinen harpsichord
Beautiful music from beautiful Naples
The new album Bella Napoli by Baccano, a baroque band made up of the foremost musicians of our country, features compositions by five composers who influenced Naples in the 17th-18th centuries. Soprano Tuuli Lindeberg interprets the cantatas of Domenico Scarlatti, Giuseppe Porsile and Alessandro Scarlatti, in addition, the sonatas of Francesco Mancini, Domenico Scarlatti and Nicola Porpora will be heard in varying compositions.
A few hundred years ago, the music scene in Naples was full of foreign masters who brought and took influences, notes, ideas. The importance of the nobility was also considerable. Apart from paying "customers" and "sponsors", a large number of them were also accomplished musicians. Under their patronage, enormous amounts of church music, madrigals, instrumental and vocal music were born in Naples to refresh the cultural life of Europe. Opera was an import in Naples for a long time, referred to as "Venetian". Over the centuries, the term "Neapolitan opera" must have acquired a greater meaning than the geographical definition implies.
Since 2003, the members of Baccano, who use period instruments, have performed together and separately at the most important domestic music festivals, they give concerts as members of different bands around Europe and play e.g. as soloists in our country's early music orchestras.

Tracks

Sonata IV in A Minor for Recorder and Basso Continuo
1.Spiritoso/Largocomp. Francesco Mancini (1672-1727)ISRC FIABA10005332:25
2.Allegrocomp. Francesco Mancini (1672-1727)ISRC FIABA10005342:45
3.Largocomp. Francesco Mancini (1672-1727)ISRC FIABA10005352:32
4.Allegro Spiccatocomp. Francesco Mancini (1672-1727)ISRC FIABA10005361:48
No, non fuggire o Nice Cantata for Soprano and Basso Continuo
5.Recitativo: No, non fuggire, o Nicecomp. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)ISRC FIABA10005370:39
6.Aria: A te sol, bella, dimandocomp. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)ISRC FIABA10005384:36
7.Recitativo: Ma oh! Diocomp. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)ISRC FIABA10005390:45
8.Aria: Se parla il corecomp. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)ISRC FIABA10005404:00
Sonata K91 in G Major for Violin and Basso Continuo
9.Gravecomp. Domenico ScarlattiISRC FIABA10005411:41
10.Allegrocomp. Domenico ScarlattiISRC FIABA10005423:30
11.Gravecomp. Domenico ScarlattiISRC FIABA10005431:32
12.Allegrocomp. Domenico ScarlattiISRC FIABA10005442:02
Egià tre volte Cantata for Soprano, Recorder and Basso Continuo
13.Recitativo: E già tre voltecomp. Giuseppe Porsile (1680-1750)ISRC FIABA10005450:53
14.Aria: Alla sorte che m’erasí duracomp. Giuseppe Porsile (1680-1750)ISRC FIABA10005464:41
15.Recitativo: Così fui di mia sortecomp. Giuseppe Porsile (1680-1750)ISRC FIABA10005470:46
16.Aria: Se quei cari amati raicomp. Giuseppe Porsile (1680-1750)ISRC FIABA10005484:01
Sonata in F Major for Cello and Basso Continuo
17.Larghettocomp. Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)ISRC FIABA10005491:34
18.Allegrocomp. Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)ISRC FIABA10005501:49
19.Adagiocomp. Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)ISRC FIABA10005511:21
20.Allegro non prestocomp. Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)ISRC FIABA10005522:09
Quella pace gradita Cantata for Soprano, Violin, Recorder, Cello and Basso Continuo
21.Sinfonia: Andantecomp. Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)ISRC FIABA10005532:20
22.Andantecomp. Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)ISRC FIABA10005541:29
23.Recitativo: Quella pace graditacomp. Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)ISRC FIABA10005551:09
24.Aria: Crudel tiranno Amorecomp. Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)ISRC FIABA10005565:17
25.Recitativo: O voi selve beatecomp. Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)ISRC FIABA10005570:47
26.Aria: Care selve, soggiorni di quieticomp. Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)ISRC FIABA10005582:59
27.Recitativo: Lungi da me, tiranno Amorecomp. Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)ISRC FIABA10005591:08
28.Aria: Teco ò mesta Tortorellacomp. Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)ISRC FIABA10005604:09

Reviews

The Scandinavians are doing great things these days. Baccano is a period instrument group from Finland, and it is excellent.
This collection, as the title implies, is centered on Naples; each of the composers is a Neapolitan. There are just five: Francesco Mancini; Alessandro Scarlatti and his son, Domenico; Giuseppe Porsile; and Nicola Porpora. The music is a good mixture of instrumental and vocal.
I don’t connect vocal music with the Scarlattis primarily, but three cantatas are presented…
American Record Guide · Ardella Crawford · December 1, 2015
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Baccano
Tuuli Lindeberg sopraano
Hanna Haapamäki nokkahuilu
Mervi Kinnarinen barokkiviulu
Jussi Seppänen barokkisello
Eero Palviainen luuttu & barokkikitara
Markku Mäkinen cembalo
Kaunista musiikkia kauniista Napolista
Maamme eturivin muusikoista koostuvan barokkiyhtye Baccanon uutuuslevyllä Bella Napoli kuullaan sävellyksiä viideltä 1600-1700 -luvulla Napolissa vaikuttaneelta säveltäjältä. Sopraano Tuuli Lindeberg tulkitsee Domenico Scarlattin, Giuseppe Porsilen ja Alessandro Scarlattin…
Bella Napoli
Suomi-barokin toinen vaihtoehto
”…Levyn tähtenä kolmessa kantaatissa loistaa kuitenkin sopraano Tuuli Lindeberg. Hänet tunnetaan monien kuorojen ja yhtyeiden kantavana voimana, mutta miellyttävän täyteläinen, tarkka ja korkea sopraano yltää myös soolokantaateissa lähes kansainväliselle tasolle…”
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