Sonate a 1. 2. 3. per Violino, o Cornetto, Fagotto, Chitarone, Violoncino o Simile Altro Istromento (1641)
Icarus Ensemble
TT 63:26, Recorded 2001
Bellerofonte Castaldi (+1649):
Battaglia d'amore
Songs of Love: Castaldi's settings of his own poetry
Virtuosic duos for tiorbino and theorbo
Modena (1622) and Venice (1623)
Il Furioso
TT 76:33, Recorded 2006
TRACKLIST
GIOVANNI BATTISTA FONTANA
? - ca 1630
SONATE A 1. 2. 3. PER VIOLINO, O CORNETTO, FAGOTTO,
CHITARONE, VIOLONCINO 0 SIMILE ALTRO ISTROMENTO
(1641)
[01] Sonata 17 4'56
[02] Sonata 1 3'48
[03] Sonata 8 5'34
[04] Sonata 5 5'25
[05] Sonata 7 4'59
[06] Sonata 6 5'52
[07] Sonata 3 4'11
[08] Sonata 15 4'31
[09] Sonata 14 6'06
[10] Sonata 2 6'37
[11] Sonata 4 4'54
[12] Sonata 11 6'26
Total time: 63'26
ICARUS ENSEMBLE
Hilde de Wolf, Recorders
David Rabinowich, Baroque violin
David van Ooijen, Bass lute, Chitarrone
Ursula Dütschler, Positive organ, Harpsichord
Recorded in Utrecht at Maria Minor Church, 5-8 July 2001
Recording engineer and producer: Wijnand de Groot
Cover illustration: Carlo Saraceni, "Daedalus warning icarus", 1606/07,
Napels, National Gallery of Capodimonte
(P) 2002 Claves Records, 3600 Thun/Switzerland www.claves.ch
Claves CD 50-2203
TRACKLIST
BELLEROFONTE CASTALDI
Battaglia d'amore
Songs of Love: Castaldi's settings of his own poetry
Virtuosic duos for tiorbino and theorbo
Modena (1622) and Venice (1623)
01. O Clorinda [02:43]
02. Saetta pur saetta [01:51]
03. O crudel amor [03:25]
04. Quella che tanto [04:57]
05. Echo, prima parte [03:45]
06. Echo, seconda parte [03:24]
07. Quagliotta canzone * [03:48]
08. Hor meno lieti [04:40]
09. Fuor di noia [04:47]
10. Occhi belli [02:44]
11. Lo sdegno [03:11]
12. Canzon quinta detta Bellerofonte (Frescobaldi) [03:05]
13. Felice e contento [02:52]
14. Pieno di bellezze [02:03]
15. Porterà'l sol [02:53]
16. Capriccio detto hermafrodito * [02:30]
17. Più non vi miro [04:21]
18. Quella altera [01:46]
19. Amor colei [03:11]
20. Capriccio di battaglia a due stromenti [14:26]
TT: [76:33]
First recordings (except for *)
IL FURIOSO:
Gian Paolo Fagotto, tenor
2, 4, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19
Janet Youngdahl, soprano
5, 6, 11, 14, 18
Laura Fabris, soprano
1, 3, 5 (echo), 6 (first echo), 9
Eugenia Corrieri, soprano
1, 6 (second echo), 9
Claudio Zinutti, tenor
4
David Dolata, theorbo
1-6, 8-11, 17, 19
tiorbino 7, 13-16, 18, 20
Victor Coelho, archlute
1-6, 8, 9, 11, 13-15, 17, 19
theorbo 7, 16, 20
tiorbino 10
Neil Cockburn, harpsichord
1-6, 8-15, 17, 19
David Dolata, director
Tracks 7, 16, 20 recorded at the Concert Hall of the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim
Performing Arts Center at Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 23-25 June 2006
Recording: Thomas Owen - Editing and Mixing: Cinnamon Anderson
Tracks 1-6, 8-15, 17-19 recorded at Antica Pieve di San Martino d'Asio-Clauzetto,
Pordenone, Italy, 12-17 July 2006.
Recording: Ornelio Bortoliero and Douglas Frey - Editing: Matteo Costa and Cinnamon Anderson
Mixing: Cinnamon Anderson - Mastering Engineer: Richard Harrow
Vocal tracks taken from Bellerofonte Castaldi: Prima mazzetto (Venice, 1623)
and Modena Biblioteca Estense Ms.MUS.G.239
Tiorbino and Theorbo duos: Bellerofonte Castaldi, Capricci a due stromenti (Modena, 1622)
Harpsichord solo: Girolamo Frescobaldi, Canzoni alla francese (Venice, 1645)
Cover: Bellerofonte Castaldi engraved self-portrait and 'Battaglia a due stromenti'
from Capricci a due stromenti (Modena, 1622)
Executive producer: Martin Anderson
(C) 2009, Toccata Classics, London
TOCC 0081