Bach , Partitas

The harpsichordist Francesco Corti learned his craft at an early age, won the Bach Prize in Leipzig in 2006, and now plays in the most famous ensembles and gives concerts of his own. Corti’s Bach forms a synthesis of structural awareness and balletic grace and has wonderful surprises in store even for the most seasoned connoisseur.

Viulisti Kreeta-Maria Kentala on Suomen vanhan musiikin liikkeen uranuurtaja, joka on kotonaan solistina, johtajana ja pedagogina niin barokin, klassisen ja romantiikan ajan musiikin kuin kansanmusiikinkin parissa. Hän konsertoi säännöllisesti sekä soolo- ja kamarimusiikkiprojekteissa että eri orkesterien solistina, konserttimestarina ja johtajana.

My Bach Partitas: I got to know Johann Sebastian Bach before I started playing, with the Motets on an LP disc that I wore out listening to, and with a short passage from the St Matthew Passion that I sang while my father accompanied me on the piano. Bach has always been present in my musical life and has been the safe harbour from which I have departed to discover other routes and then return regularly.

Johann Sebastian Bach's six Partitas for Harpsichord are among the greatest and most inspired works of all keyboard literature. They represent the composer's genius at the height of his maturity, matched only by his Goldberg Variations. They are performed here by Colin Tilney on a copy of an instrument by Christian Zell, Hamburg, 1728, built by Colin Booth, Wells, England, 1984. Colin Tilney is internationally known for his harpsichord, clavichord and fortepiano playing, with many solo recordings on DG (Archive), EMI Electrola, Decca, Hyperion, Dorian, Doremi and CBC SM 5000.