Corsi: Bass Cantatas / Borgioni, Criscuolo, Tozzi, Romabarocco Ensemble

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
January 27, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Giuseppe Corsi Da Celano
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Romabarocca Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Renato Criscuolo
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 27, 2023
    • UPC
      5028421966939
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96693
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Recitative: Dalle balze sicane

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    2. II. Aria: Giove tiranno

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    3. III. Recitative: Anneriscon le sfere

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    4. IV. Aria: Cieli ingrati

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    5. V. Recitative: Disseta pur lo sdegno

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    6. VI. Aria: Li ciechi abissi

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    7. VII. Recitativo: Tacete, alme

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    8. VIII. Aria: Agl'urli tremanti

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    9. IX. Aria: Son sorde a danno mio

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    10. I. Aria: Cruda legge del mio fato

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    11. II. Aria: Mi stracciano le pene

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    12. III. Recitativo: Ma non lice al mio core

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    13. IV. Aria: Se con note di gioia

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    14. V. Recitative: Ed in stato infelice

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    15. Vi. Aria: Così confondano

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    16. VII. Recitative: Pianger non posso

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    17. VIII. Aria: Cruda legge

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    18. IX. Recitative and Aria: Or s’è pena il tacer

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    19. Toccata

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Vitali

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Renato Criscuolo

    20. Ruggiero

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Vitali

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Renato Criscuolo

    21. Bergamasco

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Vitali

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Renato Criscuolo

    22. Chiacona

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Vitali

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Renato Criscuolo

    23. Me lo volete dire?, TriCo 63a

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    24. I. Recitative: Abbandonato e solo

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    25. II. Aria: Quella morte che per gioco

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    26. III. Recitative: Ma che miro!

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    27. V. Aria: Vieni pur

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    28. V. Recitative: Ma no. Merta Nerone

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    29. VI. Aria: Contro l'armi dell'inganno

      Composer: Giuseppe Corsi

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    30. Capritio sopra ono figure

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Vitali

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Renato Criscuolo

    31. Capritio sopra li cinque tempi

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Vitali

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Renato Criscuolo

    32. Passa Galli

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Vitali

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Renato Criscuolo

    33. I. Recitative: Pompe, voi che ascondete

      Composer: Giacomo Antonio Perti

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    34. II. Aria: Perch'io tema bastanti voi siete

      Composer: Giacomo Antonio Perti

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi

    35. III. Aria: Nel profondo cieco mondo

      Composer: Giacomo Antonio Perti

      Ensemble: Romabarocca Ensemble

      Performer: Mauro Borgioni, Lorenzo Tozzi


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. Corsi's catalogue of works includes around 23 secular compositions including Cantatas for one voice and basso continuo. The protagonist of the cantata Dalle balze sicane 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 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 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. 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.