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Pulcinella Orchestra, Ophélie Gaillard (cello), Sandrine Piau, Marina Viotti

Napoli!

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This terrific sequel to A Night in London is every bit as varied and vivid as its predecessor, presenting a compelling portrait of Baroque Naples in all its eclectic glory: stomping tarantellas...

Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, October 2023

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Pulcinella Orchestra, Ophélie Gaillard (cello), Sandrine Piau, Marina Viotti

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This terrific sequel to A Night in London is every bit as varied and vivid as its predecessor, presenting a compelling portrait of Baroque Naples in all its eclectic glory: stomping tarantellas...

Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, October 2023

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Continuing her exploration of the cello repertoire, on Napoli!, Ophélie Gaillard takes listeners on a tour of baroque Naples. We meet emblematic figures such as virtuosos Fiorenza, Lanzetti and Francischello, the composers Durante and Leo, the Spanish Ortiz and the Madrid-born Corselli, and even, in the course of a sonata or a dance, Scaramouche, Harlequin and their comrades from the commedia dell'arte. The Neapolitan soul is revealed in all this richness: hybrid, sensual, contrasting, both theatrical and profoundly authentic. Alongside the Pulcinella Orchestra as well as Sandrine Piau, Marina Viotti and Luan Góes, Ophélie Gaillard's cello draws on it's many sources, from popular to lyrical, secular to sacred. Unpublished works by Porpora, Bonno and Barbella confirm that Naples has not finished giving up it's secrets.

Contents and tracklist

Ortiz, D: Recercada Ottava sobre la Folia
Work length3:07
Matteis the Elder: Ayres for the Violin, Book I: Preludio
Work length1:15
Matteis the Elder: Ayres for the Violin, Book I: Scaramuccia
Work length3:07
Falconieri: La suave melodia
Work length2:13
Falconieri: Su Corrente
Work length2:26
Scarlatti, A: Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor
Work length5:46
I. Largo
Track length1:24
II. Allegro
Track length1:49
III. Largo
Track length1:03
IV. A tempo giusto
Track length1:30
Sarro: Saprò ben con tanto piangere (from San Ermenegildo)
Work length6:51
Fiorenza: Cello Concerto in F major
Work length13:50
I. Presto
Track length4:22
II. Allegro
Track length3:34
III. Largo
Track length2:29
IV. Allegro
Track length3:25
Bonno: Non turbar quand'io mi lagno (from L'isola disabitata)
Work length5:23
Barbella, E: Sonata intitolata Arlecchino, Arlecchinessa, Rosetta e Pulcinella
Work length13:53
I. Arlecchinessa
Track length4:12
II. Arlecchino solo. Allegro staccato
Track length3:22
III. Ninna Nanna
Track length2:57
IV. Minuetto del pazzo
Track length1:04
V. Rosetta, Arlecchino, Arlecchinessa, e Pulcinella
Track length2:18
anon.: Tarentella 'La vallubrella'
Work length4:33
Falconieri: Folias echa para mi Señora Doña Tarolilla de Carallenos
Work length3:34
Matteis the Elder: Ayres for the Violin, Book I: Altra sarabanda
Work length2:06
Matteis the Elder: Ayres for the Violin, Book I: Giga
Work length1:00
Corselli: Lamentación 2 del Jueves
Work length12:38
Nun. Tempo giusto
Track length4:35
Samech. Cantabile
Track length2:10
Lamed. Adagio
Track length5:53
Durante, F: Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Work length5:24
I. Affettuoso
Track length1:40
II. Presto
Track length3:44
Alborea: Cello Sonata in D major
Work length6:01
I. Amoroso
Track length2:37
II. Allegro
Track length1:23
III. Menuet
Track length2:01
Leo: Cello Concerto in D minor, L60
Work length11:57
I. Andante grazioso
Track length3:34
II. Con spirito
Track length3:14
III. Amoroso
Track length2:56
IV. Allegro
Track length2:13
Porpora: Tu, spietato, non farai (from Ifigenia in Aulide)
Work length4:59
Lanzetti: Cello Sonata No. 7 in G Major, Op. 1: III. Largo
Work length1:34
Lanzetti: Cello Sonata No. 7 in G Major, Op. 1: II. Rondeau. Andante
Work length2:43
Porpora: Fiero il ciel balena intorno (from Temistocle)
Work length6:22
Pergolesi: Violin Concerto in B flat major: II. Largo
Work length3:33
Pergolesi: Se morrai per me (from Deianira, Iole ed Ercole)
Work length6:15
Pergolesi: Ayres for the Violin, Book I: Aria malinconica
Work length2:03
Pergolesi: Ayres for the Violin, Book I: Giga [II]
Work length1:18

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Awards and reviews

  • Presto Editor's Choice
    October 2023

October 2023

This terrific sequel to A Night in London is every bit as varied and vivid as its predecessor, presenting a compelling portrait of Baroque Naples in all its eclectic glory: stomping tarantellas sit alongside flamboyant operatic arias by Porpora and excerpts from Francesco Corselli's plangent Lamentación segunda del Jueves Santo, with Gaillard herself on scintillating form in concertos by Fiorenza, Leo & Durante and in Barbella's curious, characterful sonata 'Arlecchinessa, Rosetta e Pulcinella'.
Katherine Cooper

15th October 2023

This is a wide-ranging and thoughtfully curated disc that evokes the soul of the city in all its brightness and transgressiveness. Gaillard’s determination to explore the nooks and crannies of writing for her instrument is laudable and produces fascinating results.
4 out of 5 stars
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