Porpora - Cello Concerto in G Major - Mov. 1&2/4

NICOLA PORPORA (1686 - 1768) Concerto for cello, strings, and basso continuo in G major 1. Adagio 2. Allegro Performed by l'Ensemble 415 Featuring Gaetano Nasillo, cello Directed by Chiara Banchini *Nicola (Antonio) Porpora (or Niccolò Porpora) was an Italian composer of operas and teacher of singing, whose most famous singing student was the castrato Farinelli. Porpora was born in Naples. He graduated from the music conservatory Poveri di Gesù Cristo of his native city, where the civic