Giorgio Lippio, Luciano Sgrizzio, Gabriella Ravazzi, Gina Fontana, Riccardo Agosti, Massimo Lauricella - Luigi Cortese, Suite Française Op. 29, Sonata Op. 39 and other chamber works (Instrumental and vocal) (2023)

Tracklist

01. Suite française, Op. 29: I. Prelude
02. Suite française, Op. 29: II. Invenzione
03. Suite française, Op. 29: III. Gavotta
04. Suite française, Op. 29: IV. Musetta
05. Suite française, Op. 29: V. Aria
06. Suite française, Op. 29: VI. Rondò
07. Cello Sonata, Op. 39: I. Adagio molto
08. Cello Sonata, Op. 39: II. Allegro vivo
09. Salmo VIII, Op. 21
10. 5 Pezzi, Op. 45: No. 1, Preludio
11. 5 Pezzi, Op. 45: No. 2, Canzone
12. 5 Pezzi, Op. 45: No. 3, Berceuse
13. 5 Pezzi, Op. 45: No. 4, Aria
14. 5 Pezzi, Op. 45: No. 5, Epilogo
15. Introduzione e allegro, Op. 40: I. Introduzione
16. Introduzione e allegro, Op. 40: II. Allegro
17. Odes de Ronsard, Op. 25 (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Anonymous): No. 1, Ode XXIII
18. Odes de Ronsard, Op. 25 (Arr. for Voice & Piano by Anonymous): No. 2, Ode XIX



A native of Genoa, Luigi Cortese merged his experiences from studies in Paris and tuition from Alfredo Casella in Italy to create a personal idiom of lively intelligence and refined taste, largely avoiding the temptations of passing musical fashions. Salmo VIII is one of Cortese’s most important and profound works, while Cinque Pezzi is his wonderfully expressive final piano opus. This programme also contains two of the very few documents of his own piano playing in historical recordings of the Suite Française, probably Cortese’s finest achievement in the piano field, and the poetic Sonata for cello and piano.

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