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Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) was an important composer, musician and teacher of Baroque Europe. He held several important posts, notably in Dresden, London (where he was Handel?s rival) and Venice. He...

A previous album of cantatas by Nicolo Porpora on Brilliant Classics attracted glowing international reviews, flinging wide open 'a window on a world generally known only in appearance and from a...

Nicola Porpora is an ideal subject for the ensemble Musica Perduta, who undertake musicological research in order to bring to light unpublished or unknown musical works by distinguished authors and...

Cristiano Porqueddu is a master guitarist,' says the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer, 'and one of the foremost representatives of the new generation of soloists. He brings sound to life, and then turns it...

This precious collection of piano-four-hands works from the foremost musical minds of Portugal in the 20th and 21st centuries can serve as a welcome introduction to the classical music of Portugal...

Poulenc / Fossi / Cecceanti Complete Chamber Music CD

Known above all through his collaborations with the film-maker Kryszystof Kieslowski, Zbigniew Preisner is one of the most played and broadcast composers of our time. Yet there are few audio-only...

After Mximo Diego Pujol (born 1957) discovered a guitar in a closet at his parents' home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eight-year-old Mximo took his first lessons from Don Gaspar Navarro, neighbor,...

Purcell / Musica Amphion / Belder Complete Chamber Music CD1. (Adagio) 2. Vivace 3. Adagio, Presto 4. Largo 5. Adagio 6. Largo, Presto 7. Adagio 8. Allegro 9. (Grave), Adagio 10. Canzona 11. Poco...

Quantz / Bagliano Concertos & Trio Sonatas CD

Quintet Nepomuk Pianoforte Quintets / Various Quintet Nepomuk Pianoforte Quintets / Various CD1. I Allegro E Risoluto Assai 2. II Menuetto-Allegro Con Fuoco 3. III Largo 4. IV Allegro Agitato 5. I...

A classic pairing: two masterpieces of Russian chamber music in a new recording by three distinguished interpreters of Romantic-era repertoire. It was writing for this combination of instruments in...