The majority of this release is made up of cello concerti by the Neapolitan composer Nicola Fiorenza. In the mid-18th century, Fiorenza became the head of strings at the Santa Maria di Loreto conservatory in Naples. However, he apparently wound up with the job only by chance. Several other candidates were seen as equally fine, and the board decided to appoint using the age-old system of picking a name out of a hat. On this occasion, Fiorenza was lucky enough to be the one chosen.

But if you think that might imply his music isn’t any good, on the contrary, it simply shows how high the quality of Neapolitan...