Castaldi & Pellegrini: Capricci

The works of the theorbist Bellerofonte Castaldi and the guitarist Domenico Pellegrini are little known but nonetheless remain fascinating to their performers today, as they not only give clear proof of fertile musical imagination but also raise many questions about how they should be performed. Although Castaldi was the first to praise the innovative style of his friend Monteverdi, his works are marked by a strong Renaissance spirit. Castaldi and Pellegrini chose not only the most classical forms (dances, courantes, galliards) but also the most archaic (branles, batailles, canzoni). Lutenist, theorbist and baroque guitarist Albane Imbs here presents her first solo album. She has founded her own ensemble, Les Kapsber'girls and also plays in ensembles led by Jordi Savall, François Lazarevich, Raphaël Pichon and Rolf Lislevand, the great Norwegian lutenist/theorbist who was her teacher. Imbs and Lislevand here perform Castaldi’s Capricci a due stromenti, the only example of music written for a duo of theorbo and tiorbino, this latter being a miniature theorbo conceived and played by Castaldi himself.

Works:

•Capriccio detto Svegliatoio;Bellerofonte Castaldi: Laurina Corrente
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Capriccio detto Bischizzoso
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Sonate 10 a & 13a
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Arpesca Gagliarda
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Capriccetto Galante
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Bellerofonte Castald
• Bellerofonte Castaldi: Arpeggiata a mio modo
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Ferita d'Amore Gagliarda
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Capriccio detto Spagnolino
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Farfanicchia Corrente
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Cecchina Corrente
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Ritornello Primo
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Capriccio detto Hermafrodito
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Furiosa Corrente
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Grilla Gagliarda
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Capriccio detto Cerimonioso
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Fantastica Gagliarda
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Perfidiosa Corrente
•Bellerofonte Castaldi: Lusinghevole Passeggio
•Domenico Pellegrini: Balletto Primo
•Domenico Pellegrini: Corrente detta la Grimalda
•Domenico Pellegrini: Alemandes Seconda & Quarta
•Domenico Pellegrini: Corrente detta Savellina
•Domenico Pellegrini: Toccaten Prima & Seconda
•DomenioPellegrini: Corrente Decima