Corsi: Bass Cantatas Mauro Borgioni, Renato Criscuolo, Romabarocca Ensemble & Lorenzo Tozzi

• Giuseppe Corsi Da Celano (1631 - 1691): Dalle balze sicane (Encelado), TriCo 58:
• 1 Celano: Dalle balze sicane (Encelado), TriCo 58: I. (Recitativo) "Dalle balze sicane" 01:12
• 2 Celano: Dalle balze sicane (Encelado), TriCo 58: II. Aria. "Giove tiranno" 00:30
• 3 Celano: Dalle balze sicane (Encelado), TriCo 58: III. (Recitativo). "Anneriscon le sfere" 00:34
• 4 Celano: Dalle balze sicane (Encelado), TriCo 58: IV. Aria. "Cieli ingrati" 00:49
• 5 Celano: Dalle balze sicane (Encelado), TriCo 58: V. (Recitativo). "Disseta pur lo sdegno" 01:05
• 6 Celano: Dalle balze sicane (Encelado), TriCo 58: VI. Aria. "Li ciechi abissi" 01:15
• 7 Celano: Dalle balze sicane (Encelado), TriCo 58: VII. (Recitativo). "Tacete, alme" 01:03
• 8 Celano: Dalle balze sicane (Encelado),TriCo 58: VIII. Aria. "Agl'urli tremanti" 00:43
• 9 Celano: Dalle balze sicane (Encelado), TriCo 58: IX. Aria. "Son sorde a danno mio" 01:14
• Cruda legge del mio fato, TriCo 57:
• 10 Celano: Cruda legge del mio fato, TriCo 57: I. Aria. "Cruda legge del mio fato" 01:20
• 11 Celano: Cruda legge del mio fato, TriCo 57: II. Aria. "Mi stracciano le pene" 01:53
• 12 Celano: Cruda legge del mio fato, TriCo 57: III. (Recitativo). "Ma non lice al mio core" 00:33
• 13 Celano: Cruda legge del mio fato, TriCo 57: IV. Aria. "Se con note di gioia" 00:57
• 14 Celano: Cruda legge del mio fato, TriCo 57: V. (Recitativo). "Ed in stato infelice" 00:42
• 15 Celano: Cruda legge del mio fato, TriCo 57: VI. Aria. "Così confondano" 01:01
• 16 Celano: Cruda legge del mio fato, TriCo 57: VII. (Recitativo). "Pianger non posso" 00:31
• 17 Celano: Cruda legge del mio fato, TriCo 57: VIII. Aria. "Cruda legge" 01:18
• 18 Celano: Cruda legge del mio fato, TriCo 57: IX. (Recitativo e aria). "Or s'è pena il tacere" 02:15
• Partitas on Different Sonatas, Suite No. 1:
• 19 Celano: Partitas on Different Sonatas, Suite No. 1: I. Toccata 01:02
• 20 Celano: Partitas on Different Sonatas, Suite No. 1: II. Ruggiero per la lettera B 03:33
• 21 Celano: Partitas on Different Sonatas, Suite No. 1: III. Bergamasca per la lettera B 02:08
• 22 Celano: Partitas on Different Sonatas, Suite No. 1: IV. Chiacona per la lettera B 01:42
• Me lo volete dire? TriCo 63a:
• 23 Celano: Me lo volete dire? TriCo 63a 05:08
• Abbandonato e solo (il Nerone), TriCo 49:
• 24 Celano: Abbandonato e solo (il Nerone), TriCo 49: I. (Recitativo) "Abbandonato e solo" 01:28
• 25 Celano: Abbandonato e solo (il Nerone), TriCo 49: II. Aria. "Quella morte che per gioco" 02:37
• 26 Celano: Abbandonato e solo (il Nerone), TriCo 49: III. (Recitativo). "Ma che miro!" 01:15
• 27 Celano: Abbandonato e solo (il Nerone), TriCo 49: IV. Aria. "Vieni pur" 02:15
• 28 Celano: Abbandonato e solo (il Nerone), TriCo 49: V. (Recitativo). "Ma no. Merta Nerone" 00:38
• 29 Celano: Abbandonato e solo (il Nerone), TriCo 49: VI. Aria. "Contro l'armi dell'inganno" 03:55
• Partitas on Different Sonatas, Suite No. 2:
• 30 Celano: Partitas on Different Sonatas, Suite No. 2: I. Capritio sopra otto figure 02:49
• 31 Celano: Partitas on Different Sonatas, Suite No. 2: II. Capritio sopra li cinque tempi 02:25
• 32 Celano: Partitas on Different Sonatas, Suite No. 2: III. Passa galli per la lettera E 02:43
• Pompe voi che ascondete:
• 33 Celano: Pompe voi che ascondete: I. (Recitativo) "Pompe, voi che ascondete" 01:40
• 34 Celano: Pompe voi che ascondete: II. Aria. "Perch'io tema bastanti voi siete 01:08
• 35 Celano: Pompe voi che ascondete: III. Aria. "Nel profondo cieco mondo" 03:28
• Total Runtime 58:49

Info zu Corsi: Bass Cantatas

Giuseppe Corsi (c.1631/1691), known as Celani, was one of the most important composers of the Roman school active in the second half of the 17th century. Little is known about his origins although, according to historian Pietro Antonio Corsignani, his family belonged to the noble branch of the Evangelisti Corsi family. Born in Abruzzo, he soon moved to Rome to undertake his musical studies, enjoying employment as maestro di cappella in several cathedrals and basilicas in the Italian capital and further afield.

Later, during his exile from the Papal State, Corsi had Perti as his pupil, later conducting several of the latter's sacred compositions.

Corsi's catalogue of works includes around 23 secular compositions including Cantatas for one voice and basso continuo (TriCo 49–69). The protagonist of the cantata Dalle balze sicane (TriCo 58) is the mythological Enceladus who, having been plunged into the bowels of Mount Etna by the goddess Athena, invokes Jupiter to placate the outrage against him. The character’s 'misfortunes' and 'sorrows' of love in Cruda legge del mio fato (TriCo 57) find analogies with those experienced by the composer. The first aria in this cantata is rich in complex enharmonics, greatly expanded and varied in the repeat, when the voice is engaged in difficult bravura passages.

The cantata Abbandonato e solo (TriCo 49) begins with a veritable monologue from Roman emperor Nero, tormented by his past ghosts. The cantata on this album by Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661–1756), Pompe, voi che ascondete, although attributed to Corsi’s favourite pupil, is in fact still of unproven authorship.

It is possible that Giuseppe Corsi met Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632–1692). The two composers in 1685 took part in the famous dispute over parallel fifths in Arcangelo Corelli's Sonata Op.2 No.3. The bass of the violin family, of which Vitali was a virtuoso, was widespread thanks to the Este patronage of Duke Francesco I. Called violone or bass, it would soon evolve into the violoncello thanks to the invention of coated strings that made it possible to reduce the size of the instrument. In his cantatas, Corsi repeatedly insists on the B flat grave, a characteristic of violin bass tuning, and the numerous semiquaver passages are particularly agile on the violone, so it is not unlikely that the composer from Marsica had this instrument in mind. It is also for this reason that Corsi's compositions have been joined by some movements from the Partite sopra diverse sonatas for the violone by Vitali that are particularly pleasing.

Mauro Borgioni, baritone
Renato Criscuolo, bass violin
Romabarocca Ensemble
Lorenzo Tozzi, harpsichord & direction

Mauro Borgioni
He studied singing at the Civic School of Milan, Conservatory of Cesena and Fondation Royaumont of Paris.

He collaborated with various orchestras and ensembles like La Capella Rel de Catalunya, Concerto Italiano, Mantova Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai, Il Giardino Armonico, Accademia Bizantina. He collaborated with important conductors and musicians including Jordi Savall, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Giovanni Antonini, Diego Fasolis, Ottavio Dantone, Johnatan Webb, Federico Maria Sardelli in some of the most important halls and theaters including Wien Konzerthaus, Teatro Regio Torino, Cité de la Musique Paris, Kolner Philarmonie, Auditorium de Madrid, National Centre for Arts of Pechino, UCLA Los Angeles.

Specialized in baroque repertoire, he has sung the role of Orfeo in “L’Orfeo” by Claudio Monteverdi (Teatro Regio of Turin, Teatro Comunale of Ferrara, Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, teatre Principal de Palma de Mallorca); Ulisse in “Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria” by Claudio Monteverdi (Roma Reate Festival, Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona ); Aeneas in “Dido & Aeneas” by H. Purcell (Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Alighieri of Ravenna, Teatro Verdi of Gorizia), Acrimante ne "L'Empio punito" di A. Melani (Reate Festival); Haman in Esther and Polyphemus in “Acis anda Galatea” by G.F. Handel (Teatro Comunale di Ferrara).

His repertoire includes baroque masterpieces like Monteverdi's Vesper & Operas, Matthäus & Johannes Passion, Mass in B Minor by J.S. Bach; Handel's Messiah & La Resurrezione; classical works like Pauken & Nelson-Messe by Haydn, Mozart Vesperae and Missae; He is also active in contemporary repertoire, he has interpreted The Traveller in “Curlew River” and Noe in Noye’s fludde by Benjamin Britten with Prato Chamber Orchestra and Johnatan Webb; Aye in “Akhnathen” by Philipp Glass with the Orchestra of Teatro Regio in Turin with Dante Anzolini

He has participated in various festivals and concert seasons in Italy, Europe also in Mexico, Canada and USA, and has recorded for Zig-Zag Territories, Alpha-Prod, Brilliant Classics, Elucevanlestelle Records, Stradivarius, K617, Glossa, ORF, Arcana, Ricercar and for radio and television.

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