Bach: Little Books Francesco Corti

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Praeludium, BWV 815a:
• 1 Praeludium, BWV 815a (Attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach) 01:52
• French Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 815:
• 2 French Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande 03:18
• 3 French Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: II. Courante 01:52
• 4 French Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: III. Sarabande 02:50
• 5 French Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: IV. Gavotte 01:08
• 6 French Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: V. Air 01:31
• 7 French Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: VI. Gigue 02:19
• Johann Kuhnau (1660 - 1722): Suonata Quarta in C Minor:
• 8 Suonata Quarta in C Minor: I. Il lamento di Hiskia per la morte annonciatagli e le sue preghiere ardenti 03:54
• 9 Suonata Quarta in C Minor: II. La di lui confidenza in Iddio 01:36
• 10 Suonata Quarta in C Minor: III. L'allegrezza del Re convalescente 02:15
• Johann Adolf Hasse (1699 - 1783): Polonaise in G Major:
• 11 Polonaise in G Major (BWV Anh. 130) 01:36
• Georg Böhm (1661 - 1733): Praeludium, Fugue and Postludium in G Minor:
• 12 Praeludium, Fugue and Postludium in G Minor 08:28
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Praeludium, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998:
• 13 Praeludium, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998: I. Praeludium 02:59
• 14 Praeludium, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998: II. Fugue 05:52
• 15 Praeludium, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998: III. Allegro 03:04
• François Couperin (1668 - 1733): Rondeau in B-Flat Major:
• 16 Rondeau in B-Flat Major (BWV Anh. 183) 05:00
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Ouverture in E-Flat Major, TWV 55:Es4:
• 17 Ouverture in E-Flat Major, TWV 55:Es4: I. Ouverture - Entrée (Arr. for Keyboard) 06:09
• 18 Ouverture in E-Flat Major, TWV 55:Es4: II. Menuet I - II (Arr. for Keyboard) 02:45
• 19 Ouverture in E-Flat Major, TWV 55:Es4: III. Loure - Gigue (Arr. for Keyboard) 04:44
• 20 Ouverture in E-Flat Major, TWV 55:Es4: IV. Bourrée I - II - Polonaise (Arr. for Keyboard) 04:10
• 21 Ouverture in E-Flat Major, TWV 55:Es4: V. Aria (Arr. for Keyboard) 02:34
• 22 Ouverture in E-Flat Major, TWV 55:Es4: VI. Passepied I - II (Arr. for Keyboard) 01:50
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo in B-Flat Major, BWV 992:
• 23 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo in B-Flat Major, BWV 992: I. Arioso. Adagio. Ist eine Schmeichelung der Freunde, um denselben von seiner Reise abzuhalten. 02:25
• 24 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo in B-Flat Major, BWV 992: II. Ist ein Vorstellung unterschiedlicher Casum, die ihm der Fremde könnten vorfallen. 01:23
• 25 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo in B-Flat Major, BWV 992: III. Adagiosissimo. Ist ein allgemeines Lamento der Freunde. 02:50
• 26 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo in B-Flat Major, BWV 992: IV. Allhier kommen die Freunde, weil sie doch sehen, dass es andres nicht kann sein, und nehmen Abschied. 00:44
• 27 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo in B-Flat Major, BWV 992: V. Aria di Postiglione. Allegro poco. 01:06
• 28 Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo in B-Flat Major, BWV 992: VI. Fuga all'imitazione di Posta. 02:28
• Wer nun den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 691:
• 29 Wer nun den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 691 01:55
• Total Runtime 01:24:37

Info for Bach: Little Books

A world renowned international soloist and harpsichord teacher at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Francesco Corti embarks a collaboration with Arcana with a musical journey through the manuscripts of the Bach family, beginning with the two books belonging to Johann Sebastian’s brother (the Möller and Andreas Bach manuscripts) and leading to the famous Büchleine for Anna Magdalena and Wilhelm Friedemann. The programme presents three major keyboard works by J. S. Bach (BWV 815, 992 and 998) that are preserved in ‘domestic’ copies.

Combined with works by the most important musical figures in Bach’s musical life: Böhm, one of his teachers; Kuhnau, his predecessor as Thomaskantor; Telemann, friend and godfather to Bach’s second son Carl Philipp Emanuel; Hasse and François Couperin. The resulting programme is an unconventional Bachian harpsichord recital, a mixture of different genres and composers, that is probably much closer to the ‘home concert’ of the period than to the standard modern recital.

Francesco Corti, harpsichord

Francesco Corti
w­­as born in Arezzo, Italy, in a musical family in 1984. He studied organ in Perugia, then harpsichord in Geneva and in Amsterdam.

He was awarded at the International "Johann Sebastian Bach" Competition in Leipzig (2006) and at the Bruges Harpsichord Competition (2007).

As a soloist, he has appeared in recitals and concerts all over Europe, in the USA, in Latin America and in New Zealand. He has been invited by festivals such as Mozart Woche and the Salzburger Festpiele, BachFest Leipzig, MusikFest Bremen, Utrecht Early Music Festival, Festival Radio France Montpellier, Milanesiana. He has performed in halls such as Salle Pleyel (Paris), Bozar (Bruxelles), Konzerthaus (Vienna), Tonhalle (Zürich), Mozarteum and Haus für Mozart (Salzburg) and Concertgebouw (Amsterdam).

Since 2007 he is a member of Les Musiciens du Louvre (M. Minkowski). With this Ensemble he has taken part to countless tours and played solo concertos by Bach, Händel, Haydn and Mozart.
He also performs with other famous early music groups such as que Zefiro (A. Bernardini), the Bach Collegium Japan (M. Suzuki), Les Talens Lyriques (C. Rousset), Harmonie Universelle (F. Deuter), Pulcinella (O. Gaillard), Música Temprana (A. van der Spoel) and Le Concert des Nations (J. Savall).

As a soloist, he has been accompanied in concertos by the Mozarteum Orchestra, the Combattimento Consort, the Leipzig Baroque Orchestra and the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova.

Since 2015 he conducts regularly Les Musiciens du Louvre in a repertoire that spans from A. Scarlatti and Händel to Galuppi and Mozart. He was invited as soloist and conductor by the Holland Baroque Society for two European tours of concerts (Brandenburg concertos), and by the Nederlandse Bachvereniging.

His solo recordings include a CD of Louis Couperin Suites, the Partitas by J. S. Bach and the two piano quartets by Mozart recorded on the original instrument owned by the composer, now in Salzburg.

In 2017 the French label Evidence will publish his new recording of Haydn sonatas.

He has taught in masterclasses all over Europe, in Latin America and in Asia.

Since September 2016, he is professor of harpsichord and thorough bass at the Schola Cantorum Basilensis.

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