Francesco Corti
Keyboardist and conductor Francesco Corti is a prominent figure in the early music movement in Italy, France, and the Netherlands. In 2021, he released the second in a series of Bach harpsichord concertos he is recording for the PentaTone label.
Corti was born in Arezzo in 1984. His family was musical, and his mother gave him piano lessons when he was a child. Corti attended the Morlacchi Conservatory in Perugia, studying organ and composition with Wijnand van de Pol, and went on for advanced degrees in harpsichord at the Conservatoire Superieure de Musique in Geneva, Switzerland, and at the Amsterdam Conservatory, where he studied with Bob van Asperen. Corti has given solo recitals in some of Europe's most prestigious venues, including the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Salle Pleyel in Paris, as well as around the U.S., Latin America, and Asia. He has been especially visible at major European festivals, including the Salzburger Festspiele, BachFest Leipzig, and MusikFest Bremen. Corti has been or remains a member of several major early music ensembles such as Jordi Savall's Le Concert des Nations, Les Musiciens du Louvre, and Les Talens Lyriques. Corti has conducted Les Musiciens du Louvre regularly since 2015 and has been principal guest conductor of Il Pomo d'Oro since 2018. He has branched out into opera conducting, leading a touring European production of Handel's Orlando, HWV 31. In 2021, he was slated to conduct Handel's Agrippina, HWV 6, at the Royal Theater in Drottningholm, Sweden.
Corti made his recording debut in 2007 on the Genuin label, performing harpsichord suites of Louis Couperin on an original Ruckers harpsichord. He has since recorded for Brilliant, Evidence, and Arcana, playing music by Haydn and Mozart as well as Baroque repertory. Signed to the PentaTone label, he planned a series of recordings of Bach's keyboard concertos. Since 2016, Corti has been on the faculty of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, teaching harpsichord.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Frescobaldi and the South. Intendomi chi può che m’intend’io
Classical - Released by Arcana on 7 Jul 2023
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Contra-Tenor
Michael Spyres, Il Pomo D'oro, Francesco Corti
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 21 Apr 2023
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Music in Golden-Age Florence 1250-1750
La Morra, Theatro dei Cervelli, Francesco Corti
Classical - Released by Ramée on 16 Feb 2024
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Handel: Winged Hands. The Eight Great Suites & Overtures
Classical - Released by Arcana on 4 Mar 2022
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Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Part II
Francesco Corti, Il Pomo D'oro
Concertos - Released by PENTATONE on 2 Dec 2021
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J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1055 & 1058
Francesco Corti, Il Pomo D'oro
Concertos - Released by PENTATONE on 20 Mar 2020
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Bach: Little Books
Classical - Released by Arcana on 2 Oct 2020
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Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Part III
Francesco Corti, Andrea Buccarella
Concertos - Released by PENTATONE on 7 Aug 2022
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Vivaldi: Violin Sonatas & Concerto
Isabella Bison, Francesco Corti, Marco Frezzato
Classical - Released by Passacaille on 10 Jan 2020
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Mandolin on Stage
Raffaele La Ragione, Il Pomo D'oro, Francesco Corti
Classical - Released by Arcana on 1 Apr 2022
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COUPERIN, L.: Suites in C major / E minor / A minor / F major (International Bach Competition 2006, Winner in the Category Harpsichord) (Corti) (Louis Couperin)
Classical - Released by Genuin on 1 Jan 2007
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J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord
Chamber Music - Released by Resonus Classics on 30 Apr 2021
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Haydn: Harpsichord Sonatas
Classical - Released by Evidence (LTR) on 24 Feb 2017
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Les Sonates pour flûte à bec
Erik Bosgraaf, Francesco Corti
Classical - Released by Brilliant Classics on 1 Dec 2008
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Bach: Partitas Nos. 1-6
Classical - Released by Berlin Classics on 27 Aug 2010
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Handel: Apollo e Dafne & Armida abbandonata
Francesco Corti, Il Pomo D'oro, Kathryn Lewek, John Chest
Classical - Released by PENTATONE on 2 Apr 2022
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Van Wassenaer and the Recorder in the Low Countries
Erik Bosgraaf, Francesco Corti
Classical - Released by Brilliant Classics on 26 Jul 2019
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Contra-Tenor - Orphée et Eurydice: "J'ai perdu mon Euridyce"
Michael Spyres, Il Pomo D'oro, Francesco Corti
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 3 Mar 2023
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Contra-Tenor - Latilla: Siroe, re di Persia: "Se il mio paterno amore"
Michael Spyres, Il Pomo D'oro, Francesco Corti
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 31 Mar 2023
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Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028: IV. Allegro
Chamber Music - Released by Resonus Classics on 16 Apr 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo