Francesca Torelli - Renaissance Fantasias: 16th Century Lute Music across Europe (2022)

FRANCESCA TORELLI was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy. After earning a degree in lute with the highest marks at the Conservatory of Verona, she completed her studies with Nigel North at the Guildhall School of Music in London. At the same time, she studied renaissance and baroque singing with Auriol Kimber.From the beginning, her concert activities have featured the repertoires for voice and lute (singing while accompanying herself on the instrument), as well as the solo repertoire for lute and theorbo and basso continuo.As a soloist, she has participated in numerous festivals in Europe, South America and Australia.She has provided and played the music for various theatrical productions and has appeared as a lutenist on television programs for RAI 2, Channel 4, and others. She has also recorded for the national Italian radio (RAI Radiotre) and for other radio networks throughout Europe.
Tracklist
01. Ricercare quinto
02. Fantasia que contrahaze la harpa
03. Fantasias X-XI
04. Fantasie No. 81- 84 - 40
05. Fantasia divina
06. Fantasia No. 51
07. Due Fantasie
08. Fantasia, Pt. 5
09. Phantasia No. 25
10. Fantasia V
11. Fantasia
12. La Mendiante Fantasye
13. Preludium 197 - Phantasia 108
14. Fantasia, Pt. 1
15. Prelude - Fantaisie
16. Finale
17. A Fancy, Pt. 7