Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini
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The Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini is an early music
ensemble based in Naples
and dedicated to the recovery of Neapolitan musical heritage, primarily from the baroque
era.
The Cappella was founded in 1987 by the musicologist and conductor Antonio Florio, who studied under Nino Rota
and is closely associated with the Centro di Musica Antica Pietà de' Turchini, and the music conservatory Conservatorio della Pietà de'Turchini, as well as participating in events at the church Chiesa della Pietà dei Turchini. The name of church, conservatory, and now the modern cappella and music centre go back to the turquoise (Italian "turchino") shirts worn by the original children of the institute. The association between church, conservatory, and commercial opera productions goes back to the roots of the original Pietà de' Turchini, and the days when Leonardo Leo
used his students from the Conservatorio Pietà de' Turchini as chorus singers in his opera productions.
Florio's work in recovering music which has lain unperformed for 3 centuries often involves reconstructing lost parts, or "discreetly recomposing" missing portions from larger works. A particular focus has been the recovery of the music of Francesco Provenzale
, Giovanni Salvatore
and Cristofaro Caresana
, sometimes in cooperation with the musicologist Dinko Fabris.
The concerts of the Cappella and other artists at the Centro di Musica are now widely acknowledged as a tourist attraction in Naples.
The Capella commenced recording with the Symphonia label. Then entered cooperation with the Opus111 label founded by Yolanta Skura for the production of an ambitious and extensive series of recordings of Neapolitan music, Tesori di Napoli, originally scheduled to contain 50 CDs. however this project slowed and then ceased after 2000 when Opus 111 was acquired by Naïve.
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Early music
Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...
ensemble based in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
and dedicated to the recovery of Neapolitan musical heritage, primarily from the baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
era.
The Cappella was founded in 1987 by the musicologist and conductor Antonio Florio, who studied under Nino Rota
Nino Rota
Nino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...
and is closely associated with the Centro di Musica Antica Pietà de' Turchini, and the music conservatory Conservatorio della Pietà de'Turchini, as well as participating in events at the church Chiesa della Pietà dei Turchini. The name of church, conservatory, and now the modern cappella and music centre go back to the turquoise (Italian "turchino") shirts worn by the original children of the institute. The association between church, conservatory, and commercial opera productions goes back to the roots of the original Pietà de' Turchini, and the days when Leonardo Leo
Leonardo Leo
Leonardo Leo , more correctly Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo, was an Italian Baroque composer.-Biography:...
used his students from the Conservatorio Pietà de' Turchini as chorus singers in his opera productions.
Florio's work in recovering music which has lain unperformed for 3 centuries often involves reconstructing lost parts, or "discreetly recomposing" missing portions from larger works. A particular focus has been the recovery of the music of Francesco Provenzale
Francesco Provenzale
Francesco Provenzale was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it's thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his...
, Giovanni Salvatore
Giovanni Salvatore
Giovanni Salvatore was a Neapolitan composer and organist.Salvatore is thought to have studied under Giovanni Maria Sabino and Erasmo Bartoli at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. He was first organist of Saints Severino and Sossio, then maestro di cappella at San Lorenzo Maggiore...
and Cristofaro Caresana
Cristofaro Caresana
Cristofaro or Cristoforo Caresana was an Italian Baroque composer, organist and tenor. He was an early representative of the Neapolitan operatic school.Born in Venice, his precise birthday is not known...
, sometimes in cooperation with the musicologist Dinko Fabris.
The concerts of the Cappella and other artists at the Centro di Musica are now widely acknowledged as a tourist attraction in Naples.
The Capella commenced recording with the Symphonia label. Then entered cooperation with the Opus111 label founded by Yolanta Skura for the production of an ambitious and extensive series of recordings of Neapolitan music, Tesori di Napoli, originally scheduled to contain 50 CDs. however this project slowed and then ceased after 2000 when Opus 111 was acquired by Naïve.
Discography
Symphonia- Vespro Solenne (Napoli 1632). G.M. SabinoGiovanni Maria SabinoGiovanni Maria Sabino was an Italian composer, organist and teacher .G.M. Sabino was born in Turi, into a family of musicians and composers. He was brother of Antonio Sabino and uncle of Francesco Sabino. At the age of 14 he went to Naples to study music under Prospero Testa. From 1610-1613 he...
, Majello, Bartolo. (Symphonia 91S04) 1993 - Cantate Napoletane Vol.I Oh cielo, oh amore. (Symphonia 91S09)
- Lo Monteverde Voltato a lo Napolitano. Cerronio, A. Sabino, G.M. SabinoGiovanni Maria SabinoGiovanni Maria Sabino was an Italian composer, organist and teacher .G.M. Sabino was born in Turi, into a family of musicians and composers. He was brother of Antonio Sabino and uncle of Francesco Sabino. At the age of 14 he went to Naples to study music under Prospero Testa. From 1610-1613 he...
, F. Sabino, FalconieriAndrea FalconieriAndrea Falconieri , also known as Falconiero, was an Italian composer and lutenist from Naples. He resided in Parma from 1604 until 1614, and later moved to Rome, and then back to his native Naples, where in 1647 he became meastro di cappella at the royal chapel.-External links:...
, StellaScipione StellaScipione Stella was a Neapolitan composer. He is to be distinguished from another member of the circle of Carlo Gesualdo, Scipione Dentice....
(Symphonia 93S19) - Sui palchi delle stelle - Musica sacra nei all'epoca di Provenzale (Symphonia93S20) 1994
- Cantate Napoletane Vol.II Cantate, Canzonette e Dialoghi. ProvenzaleFrancesco ProvenzaleFrancesco Provenzale was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it's thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his...
, Gaetano GrecoGaetano Greco- External links :...
(Symphonia 94S29) 1995 - Magnificat anima mea – Il Culto Mariano e l'Oratorio Filippino nella Napoli del'600 Antonio NolaAntonio NolaAntonio Nola was a Neapolitan composer of whom little biographical information or music survives. He is to be distinguished from the better known Giovanni Domenico da Nola born 130 years earlier ....
, Fabrizio DenticeFabrizio DenticeFabrizio Dentice was an Italian composer and virtuoso lute and viol player.Fabrizio was the son of Luigi Dentice who served the powerful Sanseverino family and had a great reputation as a singer and lutenist...
("passeggiati da Donatello Coya"), Beatus Vir by Provenzale, Magnificat by Salvatore. (Symphonia 95138) 1996 - Cantate Napoletane Vol.III L'Amante Impazzito. Faggioli, ProvenzaleFrancesco ProvenzaleFrancesco Provenzale was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it's thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his...
, DuranteFrancesco DuranteFrancesco Durante was an Italian composer.He was born at Frattamaggiore, in the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, and at an early age he entered the Conservatorio dei poveri di Gesù Cristo, in Naples, where he received lessons from Gaetano Greco. Later he became a pupil of Alessandro Scarlatti at the...
(Symphonia 96147)
Opus111
- CaresanaCristofaro CaresanaCristofaro or Cristoforo Caresana was an Italian Baroque composer, organist and tenor. He was an early representative of the Neapolitan operatic school.Born in Venice, his precise birthday is not known...
. 'Per la Nascita del Verbo'. La caccia del toro. La tarantella. La pastorale. Florio (Opus111) Tesori di Napoli Vol.1, reissued 2007. - ProvenzaleFrancesco ProvenzaleFrancesco Provenzale was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it's thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his...
. Passione. Salvatore. Stabat Mater. Litanie (Opus111) Tesori di Napoli Vol.2 - L'Opera Buffa Napoletana. LeoLeonardo LeoLeonardo Leo , more correctly Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo, was an Italian Baroque composer.-Biography:...
. Arias from L'Alidoro. La Fente zengare. VinciLeonardo VinciLeonardo Vinci was an Italian composer, best known for his operas.He was born at Strongoli and educated at Naples under Gaetano Greco in the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo. He first became known for his opere buffe in Neapolitan dialect in 1719; he also composed many opere serie...
. Arias. Florio (Opus111) 1996 Tesori di Napoli Vol.3. - ProvenzaleFrancesco ProvenzaleFrancesco Provenzale was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it's thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his...
. sacred opera: La colomba ferita 1672 (2CD) Florio (Opus111) Tesori di Napoli Vol. 4 - ProvenzaleFrancesco ProvenzaleFrancesco Provenzale was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it's thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his...
. Vespro. 8 psalms. CaresanaCristofaro CaresanaCristofaro or Cristoforo Caresana was an Italian Baroque composer, organist and tenor. He was an early representative of the Neapolitan operatic school.Born in Venice, his precise birthday is not known...
Vanitas vanitatum. (Opus111) 1998 Tesori di Napoli Vol.5 - ProvenzaleFrancesco ProvenzaleFrancesco Provenzale was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it's thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his...
. Motetti – 4 motets for 2 sopranos. Avitrano sonatas. (Opus111) 1999 Tesori di Napoli Vol.6 - Napolitane - villanelleVillanelleA villanelle is a poetic form that entered English-language poetry in the 19th century from the imitation of French models. The word derives from the Italian villanella from Latin villanus . A villanelle has only two rhyme sounds...
, arie, morescheMorescheMoresche is the plural of moresca, meaning Moorish thing, or Moorish girl in Italian. Both the singular and plural can refer to both a 15th~16th Century dance genre or to a 15th~16th Century song genre. This article concerns the genre of moresche, polyphonic "moorish" songs. For the dance, see...
1530-1570. Luigi DenticeLuigi DenticeLuigi Dentice was an Italian composer, musical theorist, singer and lutenist who served the powerful Sanseverino family, and was father of Fabrizio Dentice , also a composer and lutenist. He was grandfather of Scipione Dentice .Dentice came from a noble family. When his father died in 1561 he...
, G.D. da NolaGiovanni Domenico da NolaGiovanni Domenico da Nola was an Italian composer and poet of the Renaissance.He was born in the town of Nola, Italy. He was a founding member of the Accademia dei Sereni in 1546-47, where he knew Luigi Dentice and Marchese della Terza, who was a patron of Orlando di Lasso...
, da MilanoFrancesco Canova da MilanoFrancesco Canova da Milano was an Italian lutenist and composer. He was born in Monza, near Milan, and worked for the papal court for almost all of his career. Francesco was heralded throughout Europe as the foremost lute composer of his time...
, Fontana, di Maio, et.al. Ensemble MicrologusEnsemble MicrologusEnsemble Micrologus is an Italian group that performs vocal and instrumental medieval music, including both religious and secular pieces from the 12th to the 16th century in their repertoire....
and Cappella de' Turchini. (Opus 111) 1999 (Awards Diapason d'OrDiapason d'OrThe Diapason d'Or is a recommendation of outstanding classical music recordings given by reviewers of Diapason magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the British Gramophone magazine....
de l'année) Tesori di Napoli Vol.7 - Leonardo VinciLeonardo VinciLeonardo Vinci was an Italian composer, best known for his operas.He was born at Strongoli and educated at Naples under Gaetano Greco in the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo. He first became known for his opere buffe in Neapolitan dialect in 1719; he also composed many opere serie...
. Li zite 'ngalera (The Lovers on the Galley) commedia per musica - opera buffa in Neapolitan dialect(2CD) (Opus111) Tesori di Napoli Vol.8 - JommelliNiccolò JommelliNiccolò Jommelli was an Italian composer. He was born in Aversa and died in Naples. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he made important changes to opera and reduced the importance of star singers.-Early life:Jommelli was born to Francesco Antonio Jommelli and...
. Veni Creator Spiritus. Jommelli, Nicola PorporaNicola PorporaNicola Porpora was an Italian composer of Baroque operas and teacher of singing, whose most famous singing student was the castrato Farinelli. One of his other students was composer Matteo Capranica.-Biography:Porpora was born in Naples...
, Barbella, SabatinoNicola SabatinoNicola Sabatino was an Italian composer.Sabatino was born in Naples and became one of the late baroque Neapolitan composers centred on the Music conservatories of Naples and the opera at the Teatro di San Carlo typified by Porpora, Leonardo Leo, Francesco Durante...
, and CafaroPasquale CafaroPasquale Cafaro was an Italian composer who was particularly known for his operas and the significant amount of sacred music he produced, including oratorios, motets, and masses....
. (Opus111) 1999 Tesori di Napoli Vol.9 - Giuseppe Cavallo (d.1684). oratorioOratorioAn oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
: Il Giudizio universale 1681. (Opus111) Tesori di Napoli Vol.10. - Gaetano LatillaGaetano LatillaGaetano Latilla was an Italian opera composer, the most important of the period immediately preceding Niccolò Piccinni .Latilla was born in Bari, and studied at the Loreto Conservatory in Naples...
. La Finta Cameriera (Naples, 1738) 2CD (Opus111 30-275/276) Tesori di Napoli Vol. 11 - Festa Napolitana – GiramoPietro Antonio GiramoPietro Antonio Giramo was an Italian baroque composer.His surviving works consist of two works in collections 1619, 1620, the Arie for several voices and a reprint of two cantatas; Il pazzo con la pazza and the Hospital for the hell of love .-References:...
, Giaccio, PiccinniNiccolò PiccinniNiccolò Piccinni was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure, even to music lovers today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly the Neapolitan opera buffa—of his day...
, Negri, Cottrau. (Opus111) 2001 Tesori di Napoli Vol.12. - JommelliNiccolò JommelliNiccolò Jommelli was an Italian composer. He was born in Aversa and died in Naples. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he made important changes to opera and reduced the importance of star singers.-Early life:Jommelli was born to Francesco Antonio Jommelli and...
. intermezzoIntermezzoIn music, an intermezzo , in the most general sense, is a composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities, such as acts of a play or movements of a larger musical work...
: Don Trastullo (Opus111) 2002 Tesori di Napoli Vol. 13 - Paisiello Pulcinella vendicato (Opus111) Tesori di Napoli Vol.14
- Francesco CavalliFrancesco CavalliFrancesco Cavalli was an Italian composer of the early Baroque period. His real name was Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni, but he is better known by that of Cavalli, the name of his patron Federico Cavalli, a Venetian nobleman.-Life:Cavalli was born at Crema, Lombardy...
. Statira, Principessa di Persia. 2CD (OP 30382 Naïve) 2004 Tesori di Napoli Vol.15 - ProvenzaleFrancesco ProvenzaleFrancesco Provenzale was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it's thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his...
. La bella devozione – Pangue lingua. Dialogo per la Pascua II. Caresana Missa a 8 Florio (Opus111) Tesori di Napoli Vol.16 - Napoli/Madrid - VinciLeonardo VinciLeonardo Vinci was an Italian composer, best known for his operas.He was born at Strongoli and educated at Naples under Gaetano Greco in the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo. He first became known for his opere buffe in Neapolitan dialect in 1719; he also composed many opere serie...
, NebraJosé de NebraJosé Melchor Baltasar Gaspar Nebra Blasco was a Spanish composer.José de Nebra was born in Calatayud and was taught by his father, José Antonio Nebra Mezquita , organist and master of choirboys at the Cathedral of Cuenca 1711-1729...
, Petrini. Cantate e Intermezzi. (Opus111/Naïve OP 30274) 2007
Other
- BadiaCarlo Agostino BadiaCarlo Agostino Badia was an Italian composer best known for his operas.Badia was born in Verona and around 1697 moved to Vienna, where many of his operas were premiered...
. La Fuga in Egitto. Florio (ORF). recorded for radio 1996, released 2001 - ProvenzaleFrancesco ProvenzaleFrancesco Provenzale was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it's thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his...
. Missa Defuntorum. CaresanaCristofaro CaresanaCristofaro or Cristoforo Caresana was an Italian Baroque composer, organist and tenor. He was an early representative of the Neapolitan operatic school.Born in Venice, his precise birthday is not known...
. Dixit Dominus. Florio (Eloquentia) 2007 - P.A. FioccoPietro Antonio FioccoPietro Antonio Fiocco was an Italian Baroque composer.-Life:Pietro Antonio Fiocco was born in Venice...
(1654–1714, father) Missa concertata quinti toni. Sacri concerti. Florio (Cyprès 3615) 2009 - Cantate napolitane del ‘700. FiorenzaNicola FiorenzaNicola Fiorenza was an Italian violinist and composer of the early Neapolitan classical period.-Life:...
, Grillo, LeoLeonardo LeoLeonardo Leo , more correctly Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo, was an Italian Baroque composer.-Biography:...
, de MajoGiuseppe de MajoGiuseppe de Majo was an Italian composer and organist. He was the father of the composer Gian Francesco de Majo. His compositional output consists of 10 operas, an oratorio, a concerto for 2 violins, and a considerable amount of sacred music.-Life and career:Born in Naples, Majo spent most of his...
, Ugolino. (Eloquentia) 2009 - LeoLeonardo LeoLeonardo Leo , more correctly Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo, was an Italian Baroque composer.-Biography:...
. L’Alidoro (The golden wings) comic opera. Production at Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaReggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
, February 2008, DVD DynamicDynamic (record label)Dynamic is an Italian independent record label located in Genoa. Founded in 1978, it specialises in classical music and opera, especially rarely performed works and has produced several world premiere recordings...
- 2009 (Award: Diapason d’or)
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- CaresanaCaresanaCaresana is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 13 km southeast of Vercelli...
. L'Adoratione de' Maggi - 4 Christmas cantatas, Partenope, secular cantata, 2011 - Gaetano VenezianoGaetano VenezianoGaetano Veneziano was an Italian composer. His son Giovanni Veneziano was also a composer.Veneziano senior studied with Francesco Provenzale at the Conservatorio Santa Maria di Loreto in Naples in 1666 where in 1684 he became maestro di cappella...
. Tenebrae, 2011
External links
- Italian Wikipedia entry for Church of the Pietà dei Turchini
- Italian homepage of L’Orchestra Barocca Cappella della Pietà de Turchini
- Italian homepage of Centro di Musica Antica Pietà de' Turchini
- French Wikipedia entry for Antonio Florio
- English: List of early music ensembles