Porpora: Passio – review

Stile Galante/Aresi (Pan Classics)Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) was a Neapolitan composer, predominantly of operas, who enjoyed a long, itinerant and fashionable career. He famously gave Handel a run for his money during a stint in London, from 1733 to 1737. This disc aims to reveal a different side to Porpora's character: under the title Passio, it interweaves his Six Latin Duets on the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, written for the Saxon court in 1754, with Fugues from a collection of keyboard...

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