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Lyrische Stücke

Arietta (Nr. 1 aus Lyrische Stücke, Buch 1, op. 12)

A499
Francesco Corti
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. 
Arrangements of Handel’s operatic overtures and arias started circulating early in his career in England, and in his later years he was known to perform his overtures on the keyboard himself. Corti designs a program showcasing the composer’s brilliant treatment of the instrument, choosing to complement the “Great” Suites with a selection of transcriptions from Händel’s own hand and from his close musical circle.
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Après l’album Bach, Little Books, le claveciniste Francesco Corti poursuit sa collaboration avec le label Arcana avec un double album entièrement consacré à Georg Friedrich Haendel. Au cœur du projet, les huit « Grandes Suites ». Ces chefs-d’œuvre constituent le premier recueil publié du compositeur et témoignent de sa virtuosité au clavier. Leur diversité caractéristique de styles reflète non seulement le mélange des traditions nationales intégrées par le jeune compositeur, mais aussi son phénoménal talent d’improvisateur. L’intérêt de ces pièces réside également dans leur affinité mélodique et rythmique avec les idiomes du chant et de l’écriture orchestrale, pour lesquels Händel nourrissait un intérêt particulièrement marqué. Des arrangements d’ouvertures et d’airs d’opéra circulèrent dès le début de sa carrière en Angleterre et, dans ses dernières années, il était connu pour interpréter lui-même ses ouvertures au clavier. Corti a conçu un programme mettant en valeur le brillant traitement de l’instrument par le compositeur et a choisi de compléter ces « Grandes Suites » par une série de transcriptions réalisées par Händel lui-même et par son propre cercle musical.

Handel: Winged Hands. The Eight Great Suites & Overtures

Suite No. 7 in G Minor, HWV 432: I. Ouverture (Largo - Presto - Lentement)

Dreaming of Piano

Chopin: Etude Op. 10, no. 6 in E flat minor - 'Lament'

Les murmures

Preludes in a Major, Op. 28 No. 7 'the Polish Dancer'

Aventine (Deluxe)

September Song

Mice waltz by Enzo Corne.mp3

My own arrangement

From the three Gnossiennes composed around 1890 and published in 1893.

Tab and playthrough at https://youtu.be/4o_gCM-K9nA

Sheet music at https://www.musicnotes.com/marketplace/sheetmusic/MK0085281

Gnossienne No.3 - Erik Satie

DEVIL HUNTER DANCE

The mazurka was a popular dance in the 19th century.  Its popularity stretched beyond Poland’s borders, eastward and westward.  Leo Tolstoy, for example in War and Peace as well as Anna Karenina, brings the mazurka in play to give a deeper color in settings when man and woman meet, are fascinated by each other, feel mutually attracted.  Also in Paris, where Chopin lived, the mazurka – together with Polonaise – was quite fashionable within the aristocracy.  The inflow of many Poles, fleeing the Russian invasion in Poland in 1831, certainly intensified this.  The Poles where regarded in Paris as akin to the Orient.  As William Atwood writes, people in Paris “saw Oriental faces and Asiatic outfits when looking at the Poles.  They imagined Poland as a land shrouded in Oriental exoticism and peopled by a race of Tartars whose ancestors rode across the steppes of Asia with Genghis Khan and Tamerlane.”  Exotic, indeed.

The fourth mazurka is very short and seems without an end.  It is sketchy.  Huneker says: “The harmonies are closer and there is sorrow abroad.  The incessant circling around one idea, as if obsessed by fixed grief, is used here for the first, but not for the last time by Chopin.”

Frédéric Chopin!  Mazurka op. 6 no. 4 in E flat minor

A contemporary version Erik Satie's timeless Gymnopédie No.1 - Brought to you by Remixdj.

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Erik Satie The Essential Collection

Gymnopédie

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Gymnopédie No.1 - Satie

Michael Nyman: Big My Secret from The Piano

MASAE GIMBAYASHI
New Album “SLEEPLESS NIGHT”
Cd Digital & Cd Physical
Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

Concert Exceptionel 26 February 2019
Sunset Sunside – Paris

 " Masae has enchanted the audience with a recital of high quality and her Asiatic charms all in delicacy” (Dauphiné Libéré, France)  "She is a real artist." (Jay Gottlieb)  She gives concerts in Europe, Japan, USA,  highly appreciated by opera singers and instrumentalists. Each of these collaborations is highly appreciated by the audience. She explores her univers pianistic "out of border'.

Arietta (Nr. 1 aus Lyrische Stücke, Buch 1, op. 12)

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