Francesco Cera
Frescobaldi: musical poetry
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Recorded live at the Lutherse Kerk Utrecht, 31 August 2021
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About this concert
To convince is to seduce, as Frescobaldi understood only too well. Harpsichordist Francesco Cera – a former pupil of Gustav Leonhardt – is an authority on Frescobaldi's endlessly inventive and poetic compositions. For this recital he selects the most beautiful pieces from the first two collections of toccatas: musical speech born from the keys themselves.
Programme
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Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi
Toccata prima
Partite sopra Follia
Toccata seconda
Corrente prima
Corrente seconda
Corrente quarta
Toccata terza
Capriccio sopra la Battaglia
Partite sopra Ruggiero
Toccata quinta
(from: Toccate e partite d'intavolatura di cimbalo, libro primo, Rome 1615)
Toccata settima
Canzona quarta
Toccata nona: ‘Non senza fatiga si giunge al fine’
(from: Secondo libro di toccate, Rome 1627)1583-1643
Musicians
- Francesco Cera harpsichord
About the performer
A disciple of Gustav Leonhardt and Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Francesco Cera is one of the leading specialists of Frescobaldi’s keyboard works and internationally recognized for his performances of 17th and 18th century keyboard music. The harpsichordist, organist and conductor was a member of Il Giardino Armonico until he founded Ensemble Arte Musica in 1997, with which he performs Italian vocal repertoire.