Castaldi – Le Musiche di Bellerofonte

‘Diapason d’Or’ 1999 in Diapason
Album of the Month in Répertoire
Recommended by Classica
5 stars in Goldberg
5 stars in ABC Cultural (Spain)

Bellerofonte Castaldi was an epicurean and a free spirit. An independent musician, he consistently chose freedom over serving in a princely court: ‘I admire the courts and praise them from afar,’ he wrote, ‘but I have never had the heart to become part of them.’ His music was never written to please a patron. Castaldi’s artistic choices led to a rich musical output but proved his undoing. He died alone, deeply in debt and unable to feed his family, on 27 September 1649, leaving behind an invaluable musical opus including two printed volumes and a number of pieces that are now part of the Modena manuscript, the main source used for this recording.

Programme:

Arpeggiata a mio modo, Echo notturno, Francese lamentevole, Follia, Mascherina canzona, Dolci miei martiri, Capriccio detto Bischizzoso, Quagliotta Canzone, Chi vidde più lieto e felice di me?, Tasteggio soave – Sonata prima, Grilla gagliarda, Capriccio detto Svegliatoio, Capriccio detto Hermaphrodito, Steffania persuasiva, Cecchina corrente – Sadoletta corrente, La lettera d’Heleazaria Hebraïca a Tito Vespasiano, Bellerofonte Castaldi

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Vincent Dumestre

Castaldi – Le Musiche di Bellerofonte