Bellerofonte Castaldi: Capricci per sonar solo varie sorti di Balli e Fantasticherie
Bellerofonte Castaldi
Bellerofonte Castaldi: Capricci per sonar solo varie sorti di Balli e Fantasticherie
The sonatas, which Castaldi calls “Sonate forastiere in habito tiorbesco” (foreign sonatas in theorbo attire), are independent compositions in a single movement, written in a style which closely resembles that of the correnti, though they are somewhat more complex.
The collection also includes six pieces for solo voice in which the theorbo plays the role of a basso continuo instrument with an obbligato part written in tablature. The works contained in the Capricci are among the most refined and technically complex pieces in the entire 17th-century repertoire for theorbo. The entire range of the instrument is utilized (in 1622, when the collection appeared, a frequent use of drones in general and of the 14th string in particular was not very common).
The composer makes use of all the typically idiomatic techniques of the in-strument, such as bells, unisons, strascini (sliding) and imitative passages in the contrabass range.
Tracklist
Castaldi, Bellerofonte
Tasteggio soave
Arpeggiata a mio modo
Tasteggio in isprezzatura
Fantasia detta Pegasea
Ferita d'amore
Quella crudel
Gagliardina lesta
Chi vuol provare
Capricetto galante
Saltarello allegro
Mustazzin
Hor che tutto
Novizza
Aurora
Anonymous; Castaldi, Bellerofonte
Al momorio
Castaldi, Bellerofonte
Jacopina
Triofante
Fantastica
Ohime che non posso più
Laurina
Tamburra
Perfidiosa
Arpesca
Tempestamento detto chiacchierino
Lusinghevole, passegio
Aita aita ben mio
La follia
Florida
Cantalupi, Diego
Cromatica
Castaldi, Bellerofonte
Fantasticheria detta gioviale
Pochina
Un bocconcino di fantasia
Cecchina
Sonata No. 1
Sonata No. 2
Sonata No. 7*
Sonata No. 11
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