FRANCISCO CORSELLI (1705-1778)
Music at the 18th-century Spanish Court

Achille in Sciro (Madrid, 1744)
Ouerture
1 Allegro
2 Affettuoso
3 Spiritoso

A ti, invisible ruiseñor canoro (Madrid, 1749)
[Cantada de Navidad con violines, oboés, flauta obligada y baxo]
4 Recitado
5 Aria. Andantino

Achille in Sciro
6 Marcia. Allegro
7 Marcia. Maestoso, e staccato

Lectio 2ª in Sabato Sancto (Madrid, 1749. Rev. 1761)
[a Tiple solo con Violines, Flautas y Trompas]
8 Aleph - Beth - Ghimel - Daleth - He - Vau

Oratorio de Santa Clotilde (Parma, 1733)
9 Ouertur. Allegro

Lamentación 2ª del Jueves (Madrid, 1773)
[a solo de Tiple, con violines y violones obligados con sordina]
10 Lamed - Mem - Nun - Samech

Il Farnace (Dramma per Musica. Madrid, 1739)
Sinfonia
11 Vivo
12 Allegro e Piano
13 Spiritoso

Hasta aquí, Dios amante (Madrid, 1740)
[Cantata de Soprano Solo para Reyes con Violines, Oboès, Viola y Bajo]
14 Recitado
15 Aria. Allegro

Il Farnace
16 Marcia. Stacato
17 Marcia

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About this CD

The first disc from El Concierto Español, the orchestra founded by the violinist Emilio Moreno (who is both a founding member of Frans Brüggen’s Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and a great champion of Spanish music) is dedicated to one of the most important composers of the 18th century in Spain, Francisco Corselli. Of Italian origin, Corselli spent a considerable part of his career working for the Spanish court, to which he brought the opera seria which was enjoying so much success elsewhere in Europe at the time. Lively orchestral passages and colourful opera arias alternate here with deeply-felt Holy Week lamentations in a recording from 2002, which as the vocal soloist also involved the great Catalan soprano Nuria Rial, who once again is demonstrating her precious talent in Spanish music.