Battaglia d'amore
CASTALDI, Bellerofonte

Catalogue Number: TOCC0081
Release Date: 02 May 2009

Virtuosic duos for tiorbino and theorbo
Modena (1622) and Venice (1623)

Il Furioso
Gian Paolo Fagotto, tenor
Janet Youngdahl, soprano
Laura Fabris, soprano
Eugenia Corrieri, soprano
Claudio Zinutti, tenor
David Dolata, theorbo, tiorbino and director
Victor Coelho, archlute, theorbo and tiorbino
Neil Cockburn, harpsichord

The Modenese firebrand, lute virtuoso, composer, poet and artist Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580–1649) – the Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen of his day – set his own poems to his own music in a lyrical style that captured the dynamism of the emerging Baroque. Castaldi’s dance-songs and madrigals for one, two or more voices – drawn from his monody collection Primo mazzetto (Venice, 1623) and the manuscript Modena 239 (c. 1670) – framed his hopes, dreams and disappointments with fresh and unforgettable melodies. The duos for theorbo and tiorbino, a tiny theorbo that Castaldi himself invented, are contrapuntal showpieces from his Capricci a due stromenti (Modena, 1622), a highly unusual collection of theorbo solos and duos, songs and poetry that he himself engraved and decorated with his own freehand artwork.

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Track No.	Track Title/Details	Duration	Sample	Download Track
1	O Clorida Bellerofonte Castaldi	2:44
2	Saetta pur saetta Bellerofonte Castaldi	1:51
3	O crudel amor Bellerofonte Castaldi	3:25
4	Quella che tanto Bellerofonte Castaldi	4:57
5	Echo, prima parte Bellerofonte Castaldi	3:46
6	Echo, seconda parte Bellerofonte Castaldi	3:25
7	Quagliotta canzone Bellerofonte Castaldi	3:49
8	Hor meno lieti Bellerofonte Castaldi	4:40
9	Fuor di noia Bellerofonte Castaldi	4:48
10	Occhi belli Bellerofonte Castaldi	2:45
11	Lo sdegno Bellerofonte Castaldi	3:11
12	Canzon quinta detta Bellerofonte (Frescobaldi) Bellerofonte Castaldi	3:06
13	Felice e contento Bellerofonte Castaldi	2:53
14	Pieno di bellezze Bellerofonte Castaldi	2:03
15	Porter?'l sol Bellerofonte Castaldi	2:54
16	Capriccio detto hermafrodito Bellerofonte Castaldi	2:30
17	Più non vi miro Bellerofonte Castaldi	4:22
18	Quella altera Bellerofonte Castaldi	1:46
19	Amor colei Bellerofonte Castaldi	3:11
20	Capriccio di battaglia a due stromenti Bellerofonte Castaldi	14:27