NICOLA PORPORA (1686-1768): Or che una nube ingragta, Oh se fosse il mio core, Destatevi, o pastori, Oh Dio, che non è vero, Veggo la selva e il monte, Dal povero mio cor.

Description: These are the last six of 12 cantatas published in 1735 and dedicated to the Prince of Wales. Setting texts by Metastasio, Porpora combines the intimate chamber cantata with the flamboyant vocal virtuosity of the new Neapolitan opera (he had two - Arianna in Nasso and Polifemo - on London stages at this period). Italian-English texts. Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo;  Jonathan Cohen.