Short bio Francesco Durante
Full biography Francesco Durante
Francesco Durante (1684-1755) was an Italian composer and music teacher from Naples, Italy. He is often referred to as the "father of the Neapolitan school" and was highly regarded during his time for his contributions to sacred music.
Durante's early musical studies began at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto in Naples. He later became a teacher at the same institution, where he became known for his exceptional and challenging teaching methods. He also taught at other institutions in Naples, including the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini.
As a composer, Durante was known for his sacred music works, including settings of the Mass and the Stabat Mater. He also wrote secular music, such as cantatas, chamber music, and keyboard works. His style is known for its complexity and innovative use of counterpoint, which was influential in the development of the Classical music style in the 18th century.
Durante's reputation as a composer extended beyond Naples. He was highly regarded in other parts of Italy and even attracted the attention of royalty, including the Queen of Spain, who requested a Mass from him.
Despite Durante's significant contributions to music, his works are not as widely performed today compared to other Baroque composers. However, his influence on music history remains as a significant figure in the development of the Neapolitan school and the advancement of Baroque music during the 18th century.
Compositions featuring Francesco Durante
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Misericordias Domini for 8 voices & continuo in C minor | 2:59 min | Choral | 1775 |
| 2 | Lectio Secunda in Feria Sexta Parasceve for soprano, Alto, Violins, Viola and continuo | 17:37 min | Vocal Music | 1751 |
| 3 | Lectio Prima in Feria Sexta Parasceve for soprano, Flutes, horns, Violins, Viola, and continuo | 22:26 min | Vocal Music | 1751 |
| 4 | Le Quattro Stagioni del Anno, sonata for harpsichord (attributed) | 9:09 min | Chamber Music | 1747 |
| 5 | Chamber duets (12) or madrigals or canzonas, for soprano, alto & continuo | Vocal Music | 1740 | |
| 6 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 1, Studio Primo | 3:03 min | Keyboard | - |
| 7 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 2, Divertimenti Primo | 1:47 min | Keyboard | - |
| 8 | Son io, barbara donna | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 9 | Requiem for 4 voices, 2 violins & continuo in G minor | 49:40 min | Choral | - |
| 10 | Qualor tento scoprire | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 11 | Pastorale "Cito Pastores", motet | 18:58 min | Choral | - |
| 12 | Partimento for solo figured bass in B flat major | 4:32 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 13 | Organ Concerto in B flat major | 9:58 min | Concerto | - |
| 14 | Nisi Dominus for 4 voices | 5:27 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 15 | Missa di requiem, for 8 voices, strings & continuo in C minor | 53:12 min | Choral | - |
| 16 | Miserere, for 5 voice chorus & continuo in C minor | 22:35 min | Choral | - |
| 17 | Metilde, alma mia | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 18 | Mass for 5 voices in C major | Choral | - | |
| 19 | Magnificat, for 4 voice chorus, strings & continuo in A minor | 6:33 min | Choral | - |
| 20 | Magnificat, for 4 voice chorus & continuo in C minor | 4:21 min | Choral | - |
| 21 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 11, Studio Sesto | 4:37 min | Keyboard | - |
| 22 | Vespro Breve, for vocal soloists, chorus & ensemble | 34:07 min | Choral | - |
| 23 | Vergin, tutto amor | 2:54 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 24 | Toccata for organ in D minor | 5:59 min | Keyboard | - |
| 25 | Toccata for organ in A minor | 3:13 min | Keyboard | - |
| 26 | Sonate (6) per cembalo divisi in Studi e Divertimenti | Keyboard | - | |
| 27 | Sonata for organ, No 5 in F minor | 7:09 min | Keyboard | - |
| 28 | Sonata for organ in D major | 4:13 min | Keyboard | - |
| 29 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 12, Divertimenti Sesto | 1:36 min | Keyboard | - |
| 30 | Litanie della BMV in F minor, for voices & ensemble | 10:55 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 31 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 10, Divertimenti Quinto | 1:07 min | Keyboard | - |
| 32 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 9, Studio Quinto | 6:45 min | Keyboard | - |
| 33 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 8, Divertimenti Quarto | 1:20 min | Keyboard | - |
| 34 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 7, Studio Quarto | 3:04 min | Keyboard | - |
| 35 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 6, Divertimenti Terzo | 3:44 min | Keyboard | - |
| 36 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 5, Studio Terzo | 3:58 min | Keyboard | - |
| 37 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 4, Divertimenti Secondo | 1:53 min | Keyboard | - |
| 38 | Sonata for Harpsichord divided into Studies & Divertimenti, No. 3, Studio Secondo | 3:49 min | Keyboard | - |
| 39 | Concerto No. 1 á 4 in F minor | 10:55 min | Concerto | - |
| 40 | Confitebor tibi Domine, for 4 voices & continuo | 6:06 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 41 | Concerto No. 8 in A major ("La Pazzia") | 12:07 min | Orchestral | - |
| 42 | Concerto No. 7 in C major | 10:19 min | Orchestral | - |
| 43 | Concerto No. 6 in A major | 10:45 min | Orchestral | - |
| 44 | Concerto No. 5 in A major | 7:31 min | Orchestral | - |
| 45 | Concerto No. 4 in E minor | 10:13 min | Concerto | - |
| 46 | Concerto No. 3 in E flat major | 10:00 min | Concerto | - |
| 47 | Concerto No. 2 in G minor | 11:40 min | Concerto | - |
| 48 | Credidi, for 4 voices & continuo | 4:06 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 49 | Concerto for strings & continuo in B flat major | 7:58 min | Concerto | - |
| 50 | Concerto for organ & string quintet No 2 in G | Concerto | - | |
| 51 | Concerti per quartetto (8) | Chamber Music | - | |
| 52 | Beatus vir, for 5 voice chorus, strings & continuo in C major | 12:41 min | Choral | - |
| 53 | Beatus vir, for 4 voice chorus, strings & continuo in C major | 6:39 min | Choral | - |
| 54 | Amor, Metilde è morta | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 55 | Alme, voi che provaste | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 56 | Kyrie-Gloria Mass, "in Pastorale" in A major, for voices & ensemble | 28:45 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 57 | Litanie for 2 voices & violin in E minor | 9:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 58 | Ad presepe venite "Pastorale o Mottetto per la nativitate Jesu Christe" in G major, for voices & ensemble | 24:23 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 59 | Lectio Terza in Feria Sexta Parasceve, for soloists, 4-part chorus, horns, violins, viola & continuo | 27:49 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 60 | Laudate, pueri "Breve" "Detto il Grottesco", motet | 6:55 min | Choral | - |
| 61 | Laudate pueri, for 4 voice chorus & continuo in C major | 4:05 min | Choral | - |
| 62 | Laudate pueri Dominum, for 4 voices & continuo | 3:55 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 63 | Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum, for 4 voices & continuo | 3:56 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 64 | Laetatus sum, for 4 voices & continuo | 3:55 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 65 | Magnificat in B flat major | 11:28 min | Choral | - |
| 66 | In convertendo, for 4 voices & continuo | 3:27 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 67 | Harpsichord Concerto in B flat major | 9:43 min | Concerto | - |
| 68 | Fiero, acerbo destin | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 69 | Dormono l'aure estive | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 70 | Dorme, benigne Jesu, for chorus (incorrectly attrib. to Pergolesi) | 6:16 min | Choral | - |
| 71 | Dixit Dominus, for 4 voices & continuo | 11:22 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 72 | Danza, Danza, Fanciulla Gentile for voice & piano (or orchestra) | 1:36 min | Vocal Music | - |
Albums featuring Francesco Durante
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Francesco Durante - Maria Luisa Baldassari – Works For Harpsichord(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2022 | Urania Records (4) |
| 2 |  |
Durante – Astrarium Consort, Carlo Centemeri, Francesca Cassinari, Elena Carzaniga, Roberto Rilievi, Matteo Bellotto – Requiem In G Minor(CD, Album) | 2020 | Brilliant Classics |
| 3 |  |
Concerto Köln - Vivaldi • Durante • Mozart • Kraus • Gossec • Brunetti • Bach Sons – Musica Napoletana • La Prise De La Bastille • Sinfonias Españolas(10×CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Box Set, ) | 2019 | Capriccio (2) |
| 4 |  |
Nicoleta Paraschivescu, Paisiello, Durante, Dol – Partimenti Napoletani - Paraschivescu(CD, ) | 2018 | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi |
| 5 |  |
Francesco Durante - Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Soloists Of The Sixteen, Oxford Baroque, Clive Driskill-Smith, Stephen Darlington – Requiem(CD, Album) | 2016 | CORO (2) |
| 6 |  |
Francesco Durante - Claudio Colombo (3) – Piano Music: 6 Sonate & 10 Toccate(22×File, MP3, Stereo) | 2014 | not on label |
| 7 |  |
Francesco Durante, Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Leonardo Leo, Concerto Köln, Werner Ehrhardt – Italian Concertos(2×CD, Stereo) | 2012 | Capriccio (2) |
| 8 |  |
Francesco Durante - Mameli, Eittinger, Post, MacLeod, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens – Neapolitan Christmas(CD, ) | 2011 | cpo |
| 9 |  |
Francesco Durante, Leonardo Leo, Nicola Porpora, Raffaella Milanesi, Giorgio Sasso, Insieme Strumentale Di Roma – A Voi Ritorno(CD, Album) | 2010 | Fuga Libera |
| 10 |  |
Francesco Durante, Concerto Köln, Werner Ehrhardt – Concerto Nos. 1 - 8 | 2006 | Capriccio (2) |
| 11 |  |
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Francesco Durante, Nuria Rial, Philippe Pierlot (2), Ricercar Consort – Stabat Mater(CD, Album) | 2005 | Mirare |
| 12 |  |
Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Durante, Scarlatti, Leo, Concerto Köln, Werner Erhardt – Italian Concertos | 2004 | Capriccio (2) |
| 13 |  |
Francesco Durante, Francesco Geminiani, Georg Friedrich Händel, Alessandro Marcello, Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann – The Best Of Baroque(CD, Album, Compilation) | 2003 | Galaxy Music |
| 14 |  |
Durante, Choir Ars Nova, Musicoop Chamber Orchestra – Requiem(CD, Compilation) | 2001 | Beaux |
| 15 |  |
Pergolesi, Durante, Leo, Elizabeth Wallfisch, The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer – The Neapolitans(CD, Album) | 2001 | Hyperion |
| 16 |  |
J.S. Bach / A. Scarlatti / F. Durante - Maya Boog, Michael Chance, Thomas Hengelbrock, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble – Psalm 51 After G.B. Pergolesi Stabat Mater / Concerti | 2000 | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi |
| 17 |  |
Francesco Durante - Ero Maria Barbero – Works For Cembalo(CD, Album) | 1999 | Agorá |
| 18 |  |
Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Nicola Porpora, Francesco Durante, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Eivind Aadland – Concertos For The Kingdom Of The Two Sicilies | 1999 | Helios |
| 19 |  |
Francesco Durante ,F. Durante Coro Della Radio Televisione Della Svizzera Italiana, Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca, Diego Fasolis – Lamentationes Jeremiae, Vespro Breve(CD, Album) | 1998 | Arts (3) |
| 20 |  |
Astorga, Pergolesi, Durante, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Thomas Hengelbrock – Stabat Mater / Confitebor / Magnificat | 1997 | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi |
| 21 |  |
Francesco Durante, Ensemble Vox Aurae, Giancarlo De Lorenzo – Sinfonie Per Archi Vol.II(CD, Album) | 1997 | Agorá |
| 22 |  |
Francesco Durante, Domenico Scarlatti, Claudio Chiavazza – Mottetti(CD, ) | 1995 | Sarx Records (2) |
| 23 |  |
Francesco Durante - Monika Frimmer, Mechthild Bach, Margarete Joswig, Kölner Kammerchor, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann (2) – Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae(CD, ) | 1995 | cpo |
| 24 |  |
Francesco Durante, Laura Alvini – Studii E Divertimenti Per Cembalo | 1994 | Tactus |
| 25 |  |
Il Giardino Armonico, Durante ∙ Mancini ∙ Sarri ∙ A. Scarlatti ∙ D. Scarlatti – Musica Da Camera A Napoli | 1994 | Teldec |
| 26 |  |
Francesco Durante - Capella Durante - Gilbert Große Boymann – Chorwerke(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1994 | Thorofon |
| 27 |  |
Pergolesi - Durante - Leo - Scarlatti, Concerto Köln – Musica Napoletana(CD, Album) | 1993 | Capriccio (2) |
| 28 |  |
Colette Comoy, Gabriel Yared, Georg Friedrich Händel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod, Francesco Durante, Sixt Dietrich, Alessandro Grandi, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sigfrid Karg-Elert – Colette Comoy, Soprano( | 1992 | 3D (3) |
| 29 |  |
Francesco Durante · Concerto Köln – Concerti(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1992 | Capriccio (2) |
| 30 |  |
Франческо Дуранте - Камерный Оркестр Государственной Филармонии Латвийской ССР , Художественный Руководитель Товий Лифшиц – Концерты(LP) | 1989 | Мелодия |
| 31 |  |
Paradies, Stanley, Corette, Durante, Meyer, Hannes Meyer, Sonare Quartet, Ichiro Noda – Orgelkonzerte | 1985 | Claves |
| 32 |  |
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Nicola Porpora, Francesco Durante, I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone – 4 Concertos | 1985 | Erato |
| 33 |  |
Costantino Mauriello - Accademia Del '700 Italiano - Vivaldi, Bellini, Sammartini, Durante – Il Concerto Italiano (The Italian Concerto - Le Concerto Italien) Vol. 1(LP, Album) | 1984 | Ars Nova (2) |
| 34 |  |
Francesco Durante, Daniela Mazzucato, Sandra Browne (2), I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone – Sant' Antonio Da Padova(2×LP) | 1981 | Fonit Cetra |
| 35 |  |
Francesco Durante - La Follia, Miguel De La Fuente – Concertos Pour Cordes | 1981 | Arion |
| 36 |  |
Francesco Durante, Concerto Vocale, Judith Nelson, René Jacobs, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie – Duetti Da Camera | 1979 | Harmonia Mundi France |
| 37 |  |
Corelli, Durante, Manfredini, Albinoni, Legrenzi, Komorní Orchestr Leoše Janáčka – Komorní Orchestr Leoše Janáčka(LP, Stereo) | 1976 | Supraphon |
| 38 |  |
Corelli, Durante, Manfredini, Albinoni, Legrenzi, Ostrava Janáček Chamber Orchestra – Masters Of Italian Baroque Instrumental Music(LP, Stereo) | 1976 | Supraphon |
| 39 |  |
Sweelinck, Kuhnau, Lotti, Anerio, Eccard, J. M. Bach, Durante, G. Gabrieli, Haßler, Schein, Gallus, Homilius, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Rudolf Mauersberger – Motetten Alter Meister | 1971 | ETERNA |
| 40 |  |
Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Bernardo Pasquini, Francesco Durante, Domenico Scarlatti, Giovanni Benedetto Platti – Musiche Per Clavicembalo Nell'età Barocca. (Antologia Sonora Della Musica Italiana - 10, Dal Canto Ambrosiano A Vivald | 1969 | Carisch |
| 41 |  |
Durante, Salieri, Vivaldi, Scarlatti Orchestra, Thomas Schippers – Concerto No. 5 In A Major / Concerto No. 1 In F Minor / Axur, Re Dormus Overture / Sinfonia In B Minor "Al Santo Sepulcro" / Concerto For Orchestra In C Major(LP, Album, Mono) | 1962 | Angel Records |
| 42 |  |
Francesco Durante - Collegium Aureum – Quattro Concerti Für Streichorchester Und Basso Continuo | 1962 | Harmonia Mundi |
| 43 |  |
Torelli, Durante, Marcello, Vitali, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Ricardo Odnoposoff, Heinz Wehrle, Leo Rostal, Benjamin Oren, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Maurits Van Den Berg – Italian Masters Of The Eighteenth Century(LP, Mono) | 1961 | Concert Hall |
| 44 |  |
Torelli, Durante, Marcello, Vitali, Vivaldi, Geminiani, Ricardo Odnoposoff, Heinz Wehrle, Leo Rostal, Benjamin Oren, Niederländisches Kammerorchester, Maurits Van Den Berg – Italienische Meister Des 18. Jahrhunderts | 1958 | Musical Masterpiece Society |
| 45 |  |
Albinoni, J. S. Bach, W. F. Bach, Durante, Haendel, Pachelbel, Pergolèse, A. Scarlatti, Schmügel, Stölzel, Telemann, Torelli, Vivaldi / Orchestre "Pro Arte" De Munich, Kurt Redel – 16 Fugues Baroques(LP, Promo) | - | Musique & Son |
| 46 |  |
Durante - Vivaldi / Lola Bobesco - Margit Jeremiás & Orchestre De Chambre De Wallonie – Magnificat / Stabat Mater(LP, Stereo) | - | RCA Red Seal |
| 47 |  |
Nicola Porpora, Domenico Scarlatti, Leonardo Vinci, Alessandro Scarlatti, Francesco Durante, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Domenico Cimarosa, Solisti Della Societa Cameristica di Lugano – I Maestri Napolitani Dei Secoli XVII E XVIII Concerto Strumentale(LP | - | Cycnus |
| 48 |  |
Vivaldi, Corelli, Durante, Albinoni, Pergolese, Orchestre Pro Arte De Munich – Musique Italienne Du 18ème Siècle(LP) | - | Sonopresse |
| 49 |  |
Handel - Mehul, Peri, Torelli, Durante, Mascagni, Meyerbeer, Fourdrain, Rabey, Falvo, Nutile, Puccini, Cilea, Verdi, Leoncavallo - Richard Tucker (2), Alexander Alexay – Richard Tucker In Recital(CD, ) | - | Standing Room Only |
Videos featuring Francesco Durante
Concerto for Recorder, 2 Violins & Viola in A minor : I Largo
Provided to YouTube by Warner Classics International
Concerto for Recorder, 2 Violins & Viola in A minor : I Largo · Il Giardino Armonico
The Collected Recordings of Il Giardino Armonico
℗ 1994 Teldec Classics International GmbH
Viola: Duilio Galfe
Requiem Mass in C Minor: Introitus - Requiem - Kyrie
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Requiem Mass in C Minor: Introitus - Requiem - Kyrie · Francesco Durante · Oxford Baroque · Christ Church Cathedral Choir · Stephen Darlington · Alexandra Kidgell · Katy Hill
Francesco Durante: Requie
Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini (harpsichord) Musiche per clavicembalo, nell'età barocca
Musiche per clavicembalo, nell'età barocca part of the series Antologia sonora della musica italina dal Canto Ambrosiano a Vivaldi a cura di Riccardo Allorto
Released 1969 by Carisch, Milano, Italy BCA 7018
The original issue of this release was Carisc
Concerto for Recorder, 2 Violins & Viola in A minor : II Allegro
Provided to YouTube by Warner Classics International
Concerto for Recorder, 2 Violins & Viola in A minor : II Allegro · Il Giardino Armonico
The Collected Recordings of Il Giardino Armonico
℗ 1994 Teldec Classics International GmbH
Viola: Duilio Ga
Requiem Mass in C Minor: Quaerens me
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Requiem Mass in C Minor: Quaerens me · Francesco Durante · Oxford Baroque · Stephen Darlington · Alexandra Kidgell · William Purefoy
Francesco Durante: Requiem
℗ 2016 The Sixteen Productions Ltd
Re
Sonata for Recorder & 2 Violins in A minor : I Allegro
Provided to YouTube by Warner Classics International
Sonata for Recorder & 2 Violins in A minor : I Allegro · Il Giardino Armonico
The Collected Recordings of Il Giardino Armonico
℗ 1994 Teldec Classics International GmbH
Violin: Enrico Onofri
Cond
Sonata for Recorder & 2 Violins in A Minor: II. Largo
Provided to YouTube by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group
Sonata for Recorder & 2 Violins in A Minor: II. Largo · Giovanni Antonini & Il Giardino Armonico
Alessandro Scarlatti: Hits
℗ 2018 Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group
Released on: 2018-12-2
Sonata for Recorder & 2 Violins in A minor : III Fuga
Provided to YouTube by Warner Classics International
Sonata for Recorder & 2 Violins in A minor : III Fuga · Il Giardino Armonico
The Collected Recordings of Il Giardino Armonico
℗ 1994 Teldec Classics International GmbH
Violin: Enrico Onofri
Condu
Baroque Concert - Francesco Manfredini: Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 3 / Virtuosi di Praga
Francesco Manfredini (1680-1748)
Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 3, N. 12
Virtuosi di Praga
Chantal Wuhrmann, Conductor
Oldřich Vlček, Concert Master
Oldřich Vlček, Solo Violin
Silvie Hessová, Solo Violin
Largo 00:00
Largo 04:20
Allegro 06:18
Thi
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