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La Morra, Theatro dei Cervelli & Francesco Corti - Music in Golden-Age Florence 1250-1750 (2024)

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La Morra, Theatro dei Cervelli & Francesco Corti - Music in Golden-Age Florence 1250-1750 (2024)

La Morra, Theatro dei Cervelli & Francesco Corti - Music in Golden-Age Florence 1250-1750 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 793 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 372 Mb | Digital booklet | 02:41:53
Classical | Label: Ramée

This double album accompanies the eponymous book by Anthony M. Cummings, Music in Golden-Age Florence, 1250-1750 (University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London 2023). They are designed to enable readers and listeners to enter the sound world of late-medieval and early-modern Florence.Despite the enviable place Florence occupies in the historical imagination, its music-historical importance is not as well-understood as it should be. Yet if Florence was the city of Dante Alighieri, Niccolo Machiavelli, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Galileo Galilei, it was also the birthplace of the Renaissance madrigal, opera, and the piano. Our goal in assembling this set of recordings, which survey the principal surviving genres of music in Florence in the half-millennium between c. 1250 and c. 1750, was to provide a "virtual" evocation of the extraordinary musical culture of golden-age Florence, one of unsurpassed importance. Through the integration of the contents of the book and the CDs, and leveraging text, image, musical notation, and sound, we offer our listeners the possibility of a fascinating metaphoric time travel.

Emőke Baráth, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro - Voglio cantar: Strozzi, Cavalli, Cesti, Marini, Merula (2019)

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Emőke Baráth, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro - Voglio cantar: Strozzi, Cavalli, Cesti, Marini, Merula (2019)

Emőke Baráth, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro - Voglio cantar: Strozzi, Cavalli, Cesti, Marini, Merula (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 440 Mb | Total time: 80:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 9029563221 | Recorded: 2018

Voglio cantar – ‘I want to sing’ – is Emőke Baráth’s first solo album for Erato. The young Hungarian soprano has built a special reputation in Baroque music and the prime focus here is on Barbara Strozzi, who made her name as a composer in 17th century Venice. “She must have been quite a revolutionary personality,” says Emőke Baráth. “Her music is improvisational, intuitive, even rhapsodic … She was clearly a passionate woman with a strong dramatic sense.” Baráth is joined by Il Pomo d’Oro, conducted by Francesco Corti.

Michael Spyres, Il pomo d'oro & Francesco Corti - Contra-Tenor (2023)

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Michael Spyres, Il pomo d'oro & Francesco Corti - Contra-Tenor (2023)

Michael Spyres, Il pomo d'oro & Francesco Corti - Contra-Tenor (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 425 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 178 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:12:54
Classical, Vocal, Opera | Label: Erato Records, Warner Classics

With Contra-Tenor, Michael Spyres challenges perceptions of the tenor in the Baroque era, often seen as the age of the castrato. In the company of Il Pomo d’Oro and conductor Francesco Corti, he explores the period from the late 17th century to the 1770s, tracing the course of opera in both the French and Italian styles. The 15 arias range from Lully to early Mozart by way of Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Gluck and composers such as Hasse, Galuppi and Latilla (represented by world premiere recordings), and Mazzoni and Sarro (represented by first studio recordings). Spyres’ exceptional credentials for this virtuoso repertoire have been summed up by Gramophone magazine: a “superb artist whose voice [is] perfectly equalised over more than two-and-a-half octaves,” notable for “exceptional artistry, formidable technique and seemingly limitless understanding of style.”

Francesco Corti - J.S. Bach: Partitas BWV 825-830 (2010)

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Francesco Corti - J.S. Bach: Partitas BWV 825-830 (2010)

Francesco Corti - J.S. Bach: Partitas BWV 825-830 (2010)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:34:20 | 1 Gb
Genre: Classical | Label: Berlin Classics | Catalog: 0300039BC

The harpsichordist Francesco Corti learned his craft at an early age, won the Bach Prize in Leipzig in 2006, and now plays in the most famous ensembles and gives concerts of his own. Corti’s Bach forms a synthesis of structural awareness and balletic grace and has wonderful surprises in store even for the most seasoned connoisseur.

Francesco Corti - Handel: Winged Hands. The Eight Great Suites and Overtures (2022)

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Francesco Corti - Handel: Winged Hands. The Eight Great Suites and Overtures (2022)

Francesco Corti - Handel: Winged Hands. The Eight Great Suites and Overtures (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 1,01 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 338 Mb | Digital booklet | 02:27:02
Classical | Label: Arcana, Outhere Music

After the album Bach, Little Books , harpsichordist Francesco Corti continues his collaboration with Arcana with a 2-CD recording entirely dedicated to George Frideric Handel. At the center of the project are the eight “Great” suites. These masterpieces were the composer’s first published set, and are a clear testimony to his virtuosity at the keyboard. Their characteristically diversified styles reflect not only the mélange of national traditions assimilated by the young composer, but also his phenomenal improvisatory talent. Moreover, the attraction of these pieces lies in their melodic and rhythmic affinity to the world of singing and orchestral writing, Händel’s strongest interests.

Francesco Corti, Andrea Buccarella & Il Pomo d'Oro - J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 3 (2022)

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Francesco Corti, Andrea Buccarella & Il Pomo d'Oro - J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 3 (2022)

Francesco Corti, Andrea Buccarella & Il Pomo d'Oro - J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 3 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 351 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 132 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:55:54
Classical | Label: Pentatone

Francesco Corti and il pomo d’oro continue their acclaimed series of Bach harpsichord concertos, now moving to the works for two harpsichords, BWV 1060-1062, together with Andrea Buccarella. Compared to the previous two instalments, the accompanying ensemble is small, allowing for maximal transparency and focus on the soloists. The greatest discographic asset of this album is Corti’s arrangement of Bach’s unfinished concerto for harpsichord, oboe and strings in D Minor, BWV 1059. In his extensive contribution to the booklet, Corti explains why and how he used parts of Cantata BWV 35 to complete the score. Emmanuel Laporte performs the solo oboe.

Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre - Mozart: Piano Concerto K.488, Violin Concerto K.219 (2016) [Blu-Ray]

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Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre - Mozart: Piano Concerto K.488, Violin Concerto K.219 (2016) [Blu-Ray]

Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre - Mozart: Piano Concerto K.488, Violin Concerto K.219 (2016) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-2 Video / 23890 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 57 min | 21,6 Gb
Audio 1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 24-bit | Audio 2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.0 / 96 kHz / 6733 kbps / 24-bit
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BluRay-rip1 | MKV 1920x1080 / 4972 kbps / 29,970 fps | 57 min | 4,39 Gb
BluRay-rip1 | MKV 1280x720 / 2762 kbps / 29,970 fps | 57 min | 3,51 Gb
Audio: PCM / 2ch / 48 KHz / 24 bits | DTS / 5ch / 48 KHz / 24 bits
Classical | C MAJOR

Under the direction of the principal conductor and artistic director of the Salzburg Mozart Week, Mark Minkowski, the Musiciens du Louvre perform on two of Mozart’s original instruments. Mozart’s Violin Concerto and his Piano Concerto in A major are played on instruments that were once in the composer’s possession. Thibault Noally plays the Violin Concerto on a violin from the workshop of Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa and “conjures up Romantic brilliance from the well maintained instrument”, then Francesco Corti brings Mozart’s fortepiano to life again, thereby spreading “collective Mozart happiness all round” (Salzburger Nachrichten).

Kathryn Lewek, John Chest, Il Pomo d'Oro, Francesco Corti - Handel: Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122; Armida abbandonata, HWV 105 (2022)

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Kathryn Lewek, John Chest, Il Pomo d'Oro, Francesco Corti - Handel: Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122; Armida abbandonata, HWV 105 (2022)

Kathryn Lewek, John Chest, Il Pomo d'Oro & Francesco Corti - Handel: Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 & Armida abbandonata, HWV 105 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 361 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 172 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:12:25
Classical, Vocal | Label: Pentatone

Il pomo d’oro and Francesco Corti present Handel’s Apollo e Dafne and Armida abbandonata, together with two outstanding vocalists: soprano Kathryn Lewek (Armida & Dafne) and baritone John Chest (Apollo). Handel composed these two cantatas shortly after his Italian sojourn (1706-1709), and they demonstrate his acquaintance with and aptitude for Italian operatic music. Compared to opera, supporting roles are left out of these relatively compact cantatas, increasing the focus on the main characters, and heightening the expressive depth of their music. Il pomo d’oro performs these pieces with historically-informed ears, lively and colourful. The cantatas alternate with several delightful orchestral pieces by Handel, including several movements from his Almira Suite.

Francesco Corti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Books (2020)

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Francesco Corti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Books (2020)

Francesco Corti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Books (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 532 Mb | Total time: 79:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Arcana | # A480 | Recorded: 2019

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.

Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro - Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2 (2021)

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Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro - Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2 (2021)

Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro - Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2 (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 389 Mb | Total time: 61:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC 5186889 | Recorded: 2020

Francesco Corti and il pomo d’oro continue their acclaimed series of Bach harpsichord concertos with a recording of the concertos BWV 1044, 1054, 1056 and 1057. This completes the cycle of seven “official” harpsichord concertos that Bach composed. Many of them are masterful reworkings of existing material, either own compositions or works by contemporaries, showing Bach’s exceptional skill to present musical ideas in a different light. For their second Bach recording, Corti and il pomo d’oro have chosen to work with a relatively small ensemble, in order to bring out the individuality of each melodic line.

Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro - Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 1 (2020)

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Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro - Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 1 (2020)

Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro - Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 1 (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 410 Mb | Total time: 64:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC 5186837 | Recorded: 2019

Bach’s harpsichord concertos are arguably the first in the history of music designed specifically for this instrument. Composing them, Bach aimed to adapt the string writing of Italian instrumental concertos to a keyboard instrument, while simultaneously enriching this style with typically-German traits such as counterpoint and motivic development. Francesco Corti and il pomo d’oro present concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1055 and 1058 as the first volume of what should become a cycle spanning four albums.

Francesco Corti & il pomo d'oro - J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2 (2021)

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Francesco Corti & il pomo d'oro - J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2 (2021)

Francesco Corti & il pomo d'oro - J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2 (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 399 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 147 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:01:34
Classical | Label: Pentatone

Bach’s harpsichord concertos are arguably the first in the history of music designed specifically for this instrument. Composing them, Bach aimed to adapt the string writing of Italian instrumental concertos to a keyboard instrument, while simultaneously enriching this style with typically-German traits such as counterpoint and motivic development. Francesco Corti and il pomo d’oro present concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1055 and 1058 as the first volume of what should become a cycle spanning four albums. Corti has chosen to combine these four concertos for the full orchestral sound they call for, while later recordings in this series will have a chamber setting in comparison. For tempo choices and melodic variations, Corti has been inspired by treatises from Bach’s time, as well as the composer’s own written-out ornamentations.