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Francesco Corbetta (c. 1615–1681) was an Italian Baroque guitar virtuoso, teacher, and composer. Largely self-taught, he pursued the guitar against his parents’ wishes and rose to become attached to the court of the Duke of Mantua before traveling widely across Europe, dazzling the Spanish court, working for the dukes of Hanover, and eventually settling between Paris and London. He served King Charles II of England and taught guitar to the future Queen Anne, and divided his final two decades between the English and French courts.
Corbetta is regarded as one of the greatest virtuosos of the Baroque guitar and, alongside Giovanni Paolo Foscarini and Angelo Michele Bartolotti, a pioneer of the “mixed style” combining strummed and plucked textures. Gaspar Sanz called him “el mejor de todos” (“the best of all”), and his five surviving published collections, culminating in the 1671 La Guitarre Royalle, remain foundational sources for Baroque guitar repertoire and technique.
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Repertoire
Caprice de Chaconne (Baroque Guitar)c. 1670s
Performed by Stefan Koim
Caprice de Chaconne— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Corbetta: Caprice de Chaconne— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Sarabanda per la B— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Sarabanda per la B— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Folía— Xavier Díaz-Latorre
Performed by Xavier Díaz-Latorre
Passacaille— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Prélude – Caprice de Chaconne – Folies d’Espagne (recital medley)— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Passacaille in G Minor— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Partie de Chaconne in C Major— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Folie— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Preludio per la B— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Corrente nouvo inventione per la B— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Caprice di ciacona per la B— Rolf Lislevand
Performed by Rolf Lislevand
Sarabanda per la B— Hopkinson Smith
Performed by Hopkinson Smith
Passacaille in G Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Chaconne in D— Nigel North
Performed by Nigel North
Folias in D Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Preludium in C Major— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Chiacona in C Major— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Preludium in E Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Almanda in E Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Corrente in E Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Partie de chacone in C Major— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Allemande in D Major— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Sarabande in D Major— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Air de Trompette in D Major— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Follie in G Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Prelude in A Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Allemande in A Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Courante in A Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Sarabande in A Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Gigue in A Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Prelude in G Major— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Caprice de chacone in C Major— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Prelude in G Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Allemande in G Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Courante in G Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Sarabande in G Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Gigue in G Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Prelude in C Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Allemande sur la mort du Duc de Gloucester in C Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Chaconne in C Major— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Allemande aymee de l’auteur in G Minor: Allemande aymee de l´auteur in G Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Gigue aymee du Roy in G Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Folie in D Minor— Jakob Lindberg
Performed by Jakob Lindberg
Sonata: I. Prelude— Stephen Stubbs
Performed by Stephen Stubbs
Sonata: II. Almanda— Stephen Stubbs
Performed by Stephen Stubbs
Sonata: III. Sarabanda I— Stephen Stubbs
Performed by Stephen Stubbs
Sonata: IV. Sarabanda II— Stephen Stubbs
Performed by Stephen Stubbs
La Guitarre Royalle: Trompette, Tambour de France et de Suisse fait pour La Prise de Maastricht— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
La Guitarre Royalle: Sarabande ‘La Dauphine’— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
La Guitarre Royalle: Gigue ‘cherie du Roy’— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
La Guitarre Royalle: Fanfare— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
La Guitarre Royalle: Autre fanfare— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
La Guitarre Royalle: Alemande ‘aymee du Roy’— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
La Guitarre Royalle: Sarabande du depart du Roy et passacaille— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
Concert for 2 Guitars in E Minor: Prelude— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
Concert for 2 Guitars in E Minor: Allemande— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
Concert for 2 Guitars in E Minor: Sarabande— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
Concert for 2 Guitars in E Minor: Passacaille— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
Concert for 2 Guitars in E Minor: Menuet— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
Sarabande in A Minor for Two Guitars— Éric Bellocq
Performed by Éric Bellocq
Sinfonia à due— Stephen Stubbs
Performed by Stephen Stubbs
Chiacona— Stephen Stubbs
Performed by Stephen Stubbs
Folias— Stephen Stubbs
Performed by Stephen Stubbs
Partie de chacone— Stephen Stubbs
Performed by Stephen Stubbs