Affetti Napoletani

This edition of sonatas, symphonies and concertos by Baroque masters from the royal city of Naples contains several first recordings and makes a fundamental contribution to understanding the vibrant musical atmosphere in Southern Italy in the 18th century. It introduces the composers Pietro Marchitelli, who is regarded as the founder of the Neapolitan violin school, and his nephew Michele Mascitti, who had a brilliant career in Paris and exported the Neapolitan style across the Alps. Then there are Angelo Ragazzi and Nicola Fiorenza and Nicola Porpora, one of the most famous masters of the Neapolitan school, whose instrumental works are still little known.