Battaglia d’amore
Songs of love: Castaldi's settings of his own poetry
CASTALDI, Bellerofonte

Catalogue Number: TOCC0081
EAN: 5060113440815
Release Date: 02 May 2009
Duration: 76:33

Battaglia d’amore

Gian Paolo Fagotto, tenor
David Dolata, lute
Victor Coelho, lute
Neil Cockburn, harpsichord
Il-Furioso
David Dolata, director

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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See also:

• Kapsberger: Libro secondo d'arie

Track Listing, MP3 Downloads & Streaming Samples

Track No.	Track Title/Details	Duration	Sample	Download Track
	Battaglia d’amore (early 17th c.) Bellerofonte Castaldi, composer Gian Paolo Fagotto, tenor David Dolata, lute Victor Coelho, lute Neil Cockburn, harpsichord Il-Furioso David Dolata, director	76:33
1	O Clorida	2:44
2	Saetta pur saetta	1:51
3	O crudel amor	3:25
4	Quella che tanto	4:57
5	Echo, prima parte	3:46
6	Echo, seconda parte	3:25
7	Quagliotta canzone	3:49
8	Hor meno lieti	4:40
9	Fuor di noia	4:48
10	Occhi belli	2:45
11	Lo sdegno	3:11
12	Canzon quinta detta Bellerofonte (Frescobaldi)	3:06
13	Felice e contento	2:53
14	Pieno di bellezze	2:03
15	Porterȧ'l sol	2:54
16	Capriccio detto hermafrodito	2:30
17	Più non vi miro	4:22
18	Quella altera	1:46
19	Amor colei	3:11
20	Capriccio di battaglia a due stromenti	14:27

Artists

Bellerofonte Castaldi, composer

Gian Paolo Fagotto, tenor

David Dolata, lute

Victor Coelho, lute

Neil Cockburn, harpsichord

Il-Furioso, ensemble

David Dolata, director