Nicola Porpora: Opera Arias

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There are three absolute gems here: 'Quando s'oscura is cielo' (Carlo il Calvo, Rome, 1738), with its ambiguous tonality, the gentle flute-inflected pastoral siciliana 'Ove l'erbetta', a love... — Opera, June 2018 More…

Release Date: 2nd Mar 2018
Catalogue No: 4833235
Label: Decca
Length: 75 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

2nd March 2018
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Finalist 2018
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Nominated - Recital Album
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April 2018

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Excerpt, Porpora: Ezio

Work length3:52

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"Se tu la reggi al volo"

Track length3:52

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Excerpt, Porpora: Meride e Selinunte

Work length7:38

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"Torbido intorno al core"

Track length7:38

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Excerpt, Porpora: Ifigenia in Aulide

Work length4:19

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"Tu spietato non farai"

Track length4:19

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Excerpt, Porpora: Filandro

Work length5:52

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"Ove l'erbetta tenera, e molle"

Track length5:52

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Excerpt, Porpora: Poro

Work length6:28

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"Destrier, che all' armi usato"

Track length6:28

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Excerpt, Porpora: Enea nel Lazio

Work length3:56

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"Chi vuol salva la patria e l'onore"

Track length3:56

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Excerpt, Porpora: Il Trionfo di Camilla

Work length7:59

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"Va per le vene il sangue"

Track length7:59

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Excerpt, Porpora: Carlo il calvo

Work length12:05

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"Se rea ti vuole il cielo"

Track length3:39

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"Quando s'oscura il cielo"

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Excerpt, Porpora: Ezio

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"Lieto sarò di questa vita"

Track length3:05

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Excerpt, Porpora: Carlo il calvo

Work length4:33

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"So che tiranno io sono"

Track length4:33

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Excerpt, Porpora: Il Trionfo di Camilla

Work length4:09

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"Torcere il corso all'onde"

Track length4:09

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Excerpt, Porpora: Filandro

Work length4:56

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"D'esser già parmi quell'arboscello"

Track length4:56

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Excerpt, Porpora: Arianna in Nasso

Work length6:58

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2017-03
Recording Venue: Megaron (Hall Of The Friends Of Music), Athens

"Nume che reggi 'l mare"

Track length6:58

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Interview, Max Cencic on Porpora

14th March 2018

The countertenor talks to Katherine about his two recent recordings paying homage to the Neapolitan singing-teacher and composer, the anniversary of whose death fell on 2nd March.

Recording of the Week, Porpora from Max Emanuel Cencic

2nd March 2018

The Viennese countertenor marks the 250th anniversary of the composer and singing-teacher's death with a stunning collection of arias and a complete recording of Germanico in Germania.

Grammy-nominated artist Max Emanuel Cencic presents Nicola Porpora: Opera Arias, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Porpora’s death.

Featuring 7 world premiere recordings, this album will be released on 02 March 2018, the day before the official anniversary on 03 March 2018.

This release is in addition to Cencic’s new recording of Porpora’s Germanico in Germanica (with Julia Lezhneva), released on 12 January 2018.

Reviews

June 2018

There are three absolute gems here: 'Quando s'oscura is cielo' (Carlo il Calvo, Rome, 1738), with its ambiguous tonality, the gentle flute-inflected pastoral siciliana 'Ove l'erbetta', a love song to both nature and the shepherd's beloved (Filandro, Dresden, 1747), and perhaps most winningly of all, 'Nume che reggi 'l mare' (Arianna in Nasso, London, 1733). All, especially the last named are exquisitely shaped and painted by Cencic with real attention given to textual nuance.

Many of the arias include passages which act as fiendish technical workouts in themselves; in Cencic's hands, however, it all becomes real music rather than a compendium of vocal studies with orchestral accompaniment...Cencic is all elegance: the voice is perfectly integrated across its wide range, and the shoals of semiquavers are despatched with immaculate smoothness rather than the slightly aspirated quality of Fagioli or Cecilia Bartoli.

9th March 2018

Porpora’s gift for characterisation pales beside Handel’s, but his vocal fireworks bring modest delight, especially when backed by the bustling musicians of George Petrou’s Armonia Atenea

Opera Now June 2018

There is a wealth of material to choose from (Porpora composed around 50 operas), and Cencic includes six world premieres here, conducted by George Petrou. Once again, although he is adept at the vocal firework displays, it’s Cencic’s smooth legato and sense of line that really impress. Porpora’s music reveals a wealth of unusual orchestral colours, particularly in his writing for brass, revealed in the aria from Poro, which is particularly vivid.

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Interview, Max Cencic on Porpora

Recording of the Week, Porpora from Max Emanuel Cencic

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