Castaldi, Bellerofonte

Salve Regina del Signor Monteverdi - Newly discovered pieces by Monteverdi and Frescobaldi / Il Pegaso; Maurizio Croci, organ

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Regina Caeli, motet for 3 voices & organ; Salve Regina (III), for 3 voices (from Selva morale e spirituale), SV 285; Salve Regina, motet for tenor, SV 327; Selva morale e spiritua...
Performers: Croci, Maurizio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Il Pegaso

Claudio Monteverdi and Girolamo Frescobaldi were two of the most influential musical figures in 17th century Italy. This new recording celebrates the influence that these...continue...
Recording information: Basilica of the Holy Trinity, Bern (02/21/2012-02/23/2012)....continue...

Italian Virtuosi of the Chitarrone - works by Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger, Alessandro Piccinini, Bellerofonte Castaldi / Jakob Lindberg, chitarrone

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-22

Works: Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Toccata Arpeggiata for chitarrone (from Book 1 of D'Intavolatura di Chitarrone); Canzona for lute No 1; Bergamasca for chitarrone; Canario for chitarrone (from Book 1 ...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
It is hard to know where to begin. The music? The instrument? The performance? ... I...continue...

Toccate Canzoni Chiaccone Per Il Violone "Bassi" - Fantasias, Canzonas, Chaconnes Passacailles, Bergamascas played on bass instruments

1 CD / New Pan / 2012-05-03

Works: Giovanni Battista Vitali: Ruggiero per la lettera B, for violin & basso continuo (from "Partite sopra diverse Sonate"); Bergamasca per la lettera B, for violin & basso continuo (from "Partite sopra d...
Conductors:
Ensemble: United Continuo Ensemble

In sixteenth and seventeenth century Italy the use of solo bass instruments was becoming ever more popular. Besides Fantasias and Canzonas, dances with ostinato bass...continue...

Baroque Oriental: Monteverdi, Ufki, Caccini, Celebi / Pera Ensemble

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 9; Orfeo; La mia turca che d'amor, madrigal for solo voice, SV 310; Anonymous, Italian: Ciaccona di Paradiso, e dell'inferno ("O che bel star"); Ihsan Özer: I...
Performers: Barna-Sabadus, Valer; Esen, Hasan; Ozer, Ihsan Mehmet; Yesilçay, Mehmet Cemal
Conductors: Yesilcay, Mehmet;
Ensemble: Pera Ensemble

In the words of J. W. von Goethe, "Orient and Occident / Cannot be separated ("West-Eastern Divan"). These lines are embodied in the music of...continue...
Recording information: Saarbrücken (05/2010)....continue...

Castaldi: Ferita d'Amore - Music For Theorbo / Evangelina Mascardi

1 CD / ACA-Arcana (Outhere) / 2012-01-10

Works: Bellerofonte Castaldi: La Follia, for theorbo; Capriccio detto Bischizzoso; Lusinghevole, passegio for solo voice & continuo; Furiosa, for theorbo; Fantasticheria detta gioviale, for theorbo; Cecchin...
Performers: Beasley, Marco
Conductors: Beasley, Marco
Ensemble: Monica Pustilnik

Castaldi sought refuge in his music, pouring out his soul in exceptionally personal and intense virtuosic theorbo solos, theorbo and tiorbino duos, and songs that...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa Parrocchiale di S. Rocco, Miasino, Novara (10/23/2010-10/26/2010)....continue...

Giulio Caccini and His Circle / David Bates, Nuova Musica

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: E Cosi Poco a Poco (Libro 5); Sfogava Con Le Stelle (Libro 4); Non Piu Guerra (Libro 4); Perfidissimo Volto (Libro 3); Cruda Amarilli (Libro 5); Quel Augellin, Che Canta (Libro 4)...
Conductors: Bates, David
Ensemble: La Nuova Musica

On this recording, the twelve solo madrigals of Caccini (1550-1618) are contrasted with six of Monteverdi's five-voice madrigals. Interspersed with these are instrumental pieces from...continue...

Amanti, io vi sò dire / Baroque music for Theobro

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-03-08

Works: Alessandro Piccinini: Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, Bk 1; Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, Book 1; Toccata 4, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto); Gagliarda no 3 (from Intavolatura...
Performers: Angers, Michel; Belanger, Peggy

Recording information: Eupilio (LC), San Vincenzo / Piuro (SO), Chiesa Parrocc (06/21/2009-06/23/2009)....continue...

Pianger Di Dolcezza

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-11-10

Works: Anonymous: Capriccio detto Suegliatoio, for lute; Torna il sereno zefiro, canzon for voice & lute; Giulio Caccini: Tutto'i di piango, solo madrigal for voice & continuo; Amarilli mia bella, for voice...
Performers: Feldman, Jill [Soprano Vocals]; Galassi, Mara; Schroder, Karl-Ernst

”Feldman and the two players have assembled a program of the great Italian poetry put to music by the principal composers (and the single anonymous),...continue...

And I remain - 3 Love Stories - Camus, Dowland, Peri, etc: Lute Songs / Tsatsanis, Lenti

1 CD / Origin Classical / 2009-02-17

Works: Michel Lambert: Doux charmes du printemps; Le Printemps et L'amour; Sébastien Le Camus: Ah! Que vous estes heureux; Laissez durer la nuit; Que Ta Voix Divine Me Touche!; Robert de Visée: Ch...
Performers: Lenti, John; Tsatsanis, Linda

Le musiche di Bellerofonte Castaldi / Laurens, Dumestre

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Bellerofonte Castaldi: Arpeggiata a mio modo, for theorbo; Echo notturno, for voice & continuo; Francese lamentevole, for voice & continuo; La Follia, for theorbo; Mascherina Canzone, for ensemble; D...
Performers: Laurens, Guillemette
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Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

Che Soavitá - Italian Lute Music of the Baroque / Held

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-05-14

Works: Alessandro Piccinini: Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, Book 1; Intavolatura di liuto et di chitaronne, Book 2; Michelangelo Galilei: Toccata for lute in F major; Correnta, for lute; Johannes H...
Performers: Held, Joachim; Lohff, Carsten

Born in Hamburg in 1963, Joachim Held earned a Diploma for Early Music at the famed Schola Cantorum Basiliensi in 1988. He has taught at...continue...

Kapsberger: Libro secondo d'arie / Coehlo, Il Furioso

1 CD / Toccata / 2006-10-10

Works: Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Libro secondo d'arie, for voice & basso continuo; Libro terzo, for voice & basso continuo; Bellerofonte Castaldi: Capricci a 2 stromenti; Anonymous, Italian: Canzona, ...
Performers: Coelho, Victor; Grindlay, Paul; Youngdahl, Janet
Conductors: Coelho, Victor
Ensemble: Il Furioso

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580-1651) was one of the most innovative and original composers in early 17th century Rome, and a virtuoso on the lute and...continue...

Sonate al Pizzico - Cavalieri, etc / Stubbs, Eilander

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-04-01

Works: Emilio de' Cavalieri: O che nuovo miracolo, à 5 / à 3; Giovanni Maria Trabaci: Toccata Seconda & Ligature per l'Arpa, for keyboard (or harp) (Book 2); Francesco Corbetta: Sinfonia à 2,...
Performers: Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]

Ambronay Vol 4 - Amours, Zéphyrs, et Sirènes / La Turbulente

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-01-01

Works: Marco Uccellini: Aria decima terza Sopra "Questa Bella Sirena"; Bellerofonte Castaldi: Capricci a 2 stromenti; Sonata 5 for theorbo; Ritornello primo, for theorbo; Tarquinio Merula: Chiaccona a 3; Gi...
Performers: Giardelli, Mirella; Mohlmeier, Susi; Monteilhet, Pascal; Thouvenot, Frédérique
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Ensemble: La Turbulente

This anthology that constitutes the fourth CD in the series produced by the Ambronay Festival once again confirms its poineering reputation for highlighting new and...continue...

Bellerofonte Castaldi: Capricci per sonar solo varie sorti di Balli e Fantasticherie

1 CD / Tactus / 2001-09-04

Works: Bellerofonte Castaldi: Tasteggio Soave; Arpeggiata a mio modo, for theorbo; Tasteggio in isprezzatura, for theorbo; Fantasia detta Pegasea, for theorbo; Ferita d'amore, for theorbo; Quella crudel, fo...
Performers: Diana Pelagatti

Un soir à la cour - Lute Songs & Lute Music / Wessel, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 1999-10-19

Works: Anonymous: Ma belle si ton ame; Gabriel Bataille: Qui veut chasser une migraine, air à boire for voice & lute; Ma bergère non légère; Antoine Boësset: Un Jour Amarill...
Performers: Wedemeier, Ulrich; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]

Virtuoso Lute Music From Italy and England / Jakob Lindberg

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1900-01-11

Works: Daniel Bacheler: Mounsiers Almaine, Op. 40a; Francis Cutting: Divisions on "Greensleeves"; Jig; Squirrel's Toy; Divisions on "Walsingham"; Giovanni Kapsberger: Toccata; Libro IV d'intavolatura di chi...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob