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Leonardo Leo
12+ albums
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Leonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo was an Italian Baroque composer. Leonardo Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (current San Vito dei Normanni, province of Brindisi), then part of the Kingdom of Naples. He became a student at the Conservatorio della Pieta dei Turchini at Naples in 1703, and was a pupil first of Francesco Provenzale and later of Nicola Fago. It has been supposed that he was a pupil of Pitoni and Alessandro Scarlatti, but he could not possibly have studied with either of these composers, although he was undoubtedly influenced by their compositions. His earliest known work was a sacred drama, L'infedelta abbattuta, performed by his fellow-students in 1712. In 1714 he produced, at the court theatre, an opera, Pisistrato, which was much admired. He held various posts at the royal chapel, and continued to write for the stage, besides teaching at the conservatory. After adding comic scenes to Francesco Gasparini's Bajazette in 1722 for performance at Naples, he composed a comic opera, La'mpeca scoperta, in Neapolitan dialect, in 1723. His most famous comic opera was Amor vuol sofferenze (1739), better known as La Finta Frascatana, highly praised by Des Brosses. He was equally distinguished as a composer of serious opera, Demofoonte (1735), Parnace (1737) and L'Olimpiade (1737) being his most famous works in this branch, and is still better known as a composer of sacred music. He died of a stroke
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Concerto in D Major, L. 10: III. Larghetto con poco moto
2,0222Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in D major: III. Larghetto, con poco moto
1,8803Concerto No. 4 in A Major for Cello and Orchestra: II. Allegro
3654Heu nos miseros
3485Concerto No. 4 in A Major for Cello and Orchestra: I. Andante piacevole
3456Concerto No. 4 in A Major for Cello and Orchestra: IV. Allegro
3427Leo: Andromaca, Act 1: "Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro!" (Andromaca)
3318Concerto No. 4 in A Major for Cello and Orchestra: III. Larghetto e gustoso
3199Demetrio (Excerpts Arr. G. Tailleferre for Piano): Vorrei dai lacci
29610Cello Concerto No.3 In D Minor
281albums
Leonardo: Cello Concertos
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100 Harmonious Classics for Study and Homework
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Il Progetto Vivaldi 2
Leo: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 - 6
Sacrificium
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In War & Peace - Harmony through Music
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Casanova
Leo: Six Cello Concertos
A Portrait
Choral Music - Palestrina, G. / Josquin Des Prez / Viadana, L. / Viadana, L. / Victoria, T. / Byrd, W. (Beyond Chant Mysteries of the Renaissance)
Leonardo Leo: Sacred Works
Leo: L'Alidoro